Are you “Hot For God”? Do you model your life after the teachings of Jesus Christ? If so, do you exhibit your Christianity when you are out with your friends? Many people say that they are Christians. Many people act like they are Christians in front of certain people. True Christians should act like Christians all of the time. If you are asking yourself if you are “Hot For God”, then think about the following: What have you given up for your Christianity?
In Revelation 3:15-16, Jesus says “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art luke-warm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth“. So, Jesus wants us to serve him whole heartedly. We have to make up our minds. Will we serve Jesus whole heartedly, or will we not serve him at all? If you are cold, then Jesus and others will at least know where you stand. If you are cold, you made the decision not to serve him. If you are hot, then Jesus and others around you should know that you are whole heartedly a servant to Christ. But, if you are luke-warm, then Jesus rejects you all together because you are straddling the fence. I don’t know about you, but I want to be “Hot”.
The reason that the luke-warm are rejected is because they say one thing, but their actions say another. I can not whole heartedly serve God if I am constantly doing evil. If I say that I am a Christian and people see me constantly sinning, then what am I truly saying? By being hypocritical, I am deceiving the non believer or the fringe believer. I am showing them that a Christian can constantly do evil and still serve God. I am showing them that they can have the best of both worlds. Even worse, I could be turning people away from Christianity all together. People could think wow, that guy says he is a Christian but he is always gossiping about others, I don’t want to be a Christian now. ”No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon” (Matthew 6:24).
I will leave you with the following: Are you “Hot For God”? Are you “Cold”? Are you “Luke-warm”? If you don’t want to serve God, then you are cold and God knows where you stand. If you strive to serve God in everything that you do, then you are hot. If you try to rationalize your sin or if you try to make excuses for you sin, then chances are you are luke-warm. The luke-warm people will be spewed from the mouth of God. I want to be “Hot For God”. I suggest that we all strive to be “Hot For God”. Remember that God loves us all. Serve Him whole heartedly. God Bless!
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