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Are You Hot, Cold, or Lukewarm?

Sunday, January 23, 2010
Led by Dennis Jeffries
  • Revelation 3:15-16  -  the Laodiceans are "wishy-washy"; God spits out the lukewarm
    • *** Read Isaiah 64:6 ***
  • Matthew 12:33  -  the tree is a person; make the tree good or corrupt (don't ride the fence); you do things according to what's in your heart; a viper is a snake
    • *** Where is the first place we see a snake in scripture? What did this snake do? ***
  • Matthew 23:14-15, 23-26  -  the religious people were saying one thing and doing another; they look good on the outside but are unclean on the inside  
  • Matthew 7:15  -  beware of those who look/sound good on the outside but inwardly are ravening wolves; It's not those who say they love God who will enter the kingdom of heaven, it's those who do His will that will enter; There's going to be many religious people (preachers, deacons, baptized people, church members, etc) who will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven
  • 2 Timothy 3:1-7  -  in the end times many will have the form of godliness but deny God -- turn away from these -- they lead captive silly woman
    • *** How many times have we heard stories of people, especially women, who were deceived into "sowing their seed" to a preacher and eventually were bankrupt? ***
  • Matthew 3:5-12  -   the people weren't just getting baptized, "going in dry and coming out wet", these people were truly confessing and partaking in baptism to show the world what happened inwardly; the religious people John called a generation of vipers and asked them to bring fruit of salvation; Those with bad fruit will be hewn down and cast in to the fire, sent to hell; Jesus baptizes with fire (passion, zeal, desire, etc.)
    • *** See Romans 8:16  -  John's spirit didn't bear witness with the religious people. ***
  • Ezekiel 33:1-7  -  if the watchman gives the warning but people don't take heed, the blood is on the people's head, not on the watchman's head; if the watchman doesn't warn the people, their blood is on his head
    • *** See Ezekiel 3:17-21 ***
  • Galatians 2:11-16  -  Peter didn't stand firm in what he believed but was lukewarm instead because he was trying to appeal to man; Paul withstood Peter to the face because he "walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel"; Paul told Peter to practice what he preached
Prayer Requests
Jordyn Gourley  -  3 year old with brain cancer; see prayer requests page above
Jett Wiggins  -  respiratory problems
Elisabeth Gintert  -  healing from surgery to remove tonsils
Margret Dermont  -  moving to nursing home this weekend
Jamie & Lynn  -  divorce
Price Family  -  trying to sell house
Karen Julson  -  shoulder surgery on Feburary 2nd
Jen's mom  -  bone cancer; more radiation
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