Revelation 3:15-16 NLT
“I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other!
But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!
THE BIG IDEA:
Indifference doesn’t just __________________
It makes him want to ________________!
John 7:37-38 NLT
…Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”
Psalm 34:8 ESV
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!
The Causes of Spiritual Indifference:
Believing _________________________________________________
Revelation 3:17 NLT
You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.
Becoming overloaded _______________________________________
Mark 4:19 CEV
But they start worrying about the needs of this life. They are fooled by the desire to get rich and to have all kinds of other things. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything.
The Cure for Spiritual Indifference:
_______________________________________________
2 Corinthians 5:7 NIV
For we live by faith, not by sight.
Matthew 17:20 NLT
“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”
Revelation 3:20 NIV
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.