Lukewarm Christians
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm-neither hot nor cold-I am about to spit you out of my mouth. (Rev 3:15-16-NIV)
To whom is Jesus speaking? To the angel of the church in Laodicea.
What is He saying"
"I know how you are behaving and I sure wish you were cold or hot, either intensely in love with Me or intensely in love with Satan. You are not filled with Me and you are not filled with Satan. You know what? I don't know what to do with you.
"I like My coffee either boiling hot or ice cold, none of this tepid stuff. I am going to spit you out of My mouth. Ugh!"
What a joy to be spit out of the Lord's mouth! We know we can never lose our salvation because we "stand in grace." How wonderful to be spit from the mouth of Christ (in whose mouth all of us live and move and have our being), knowing we are eternally secure wherever the drops land. We don't care if we are spit out of the Lord's mouth, just as long as we are saved and go to Heaven when we die.
Wait a minute! I think Christ was talking to the Jews. Those Jews better get cold or hot if they know what is good for them!