To the Church in Laodicea - Today

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:

   These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. ¹⁵ I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! ¹⁶ So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

If we take a good look at the church in America today, you may be left with a feeling of "Uh, oh well." The Church seems to have no power today. Perhaps there is a reason for that - we are impotent because we are more ours than God's. We reshape the Word to be our words. We use scripture to support our own notions, we have created a Christian self-help message, supporting our ideas with quotes out of the Bible. Dilute God's Word and then question where the power is? Hmmm... it doesn't take Lloyd John Ogilvie to figure that out.

The next few blogs will take a look at this topic. I don't believe all of the church is here, but it does seem to be a major problem. By the way, a church does not have to look lukewarm to be lukewarm. Some of the most vibrant, high energy congregations still do not remain faithful to God's revealed word. For many, it is more important to attract people and keep them than to take people from milk to meat. So, we'll get a bit more specific in the next few spots. Stay tuned - and respond or question if you like - make it a discourse. I'm in - are you?