Quote from Forum Archives on July 23, 2002, 2:22 pm

Posted by: biblenotes <biblenotes@...>

Subject: Indifferent or Enthusiastic?
From: Martin M Overfield
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000

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Indifferent or Enthusiastic?

This note is especially for professing Christians.

May the Lord stir our hearts.

Revelation 3:1,16:  “Thou hast a name that thou livest

but art dead...So then, because thou art lukewarm, and

neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”

    Are we just going through the motions, or are we

truly alive?  Do we have a red-hot love for Christ and

souls, or are we lukewarm?  Souls all around are

heading for Hell.  Do we notice?  How do we see them?

    What about our prayers?  Are they just ritual?

Prayer is a vital connection between our soul and God,

a means of communication and communion.  It is "the

effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man" that

"availeth much".

    Church attendance ought to be more than a routine, or

a social function.  Yes, it is where we have hearty, healthy

fellowship with the saints (the holy people); but primarily,

it is where we go to worship God and give Him our full

attention.

    Jesus Christ has promised to meet with us in a special

way, if we "gather together in" His "name".  Which means

that it must be for His purposes not ours.  It is a positive

endeavor.  We do not simply "absorb" spiritual life by some

mystical osmosis; but we gain spiritually as we are engaged

in "spiritual calisthenics", if you please.

    Yes, worship is not just an attitude, but also an

activity!  We must actively "draw nigh to God", if we

would experience His drawing near to us.

    What about the preaching?  For many it's just sermon

tasting; they can take it or leave it.  Do we listen with

a pick and choose attitude?  We ought rather to come like

baby birds with our mouths wide open for each and every

morsel of Divine Truth, despising "not prophesying", but

proving "all things" and holding "fast that which is good".

    So, how are we doing?  Are we indifferent or are we

enthusiastic about the things that really matter?

 

Yours In Christ,
Martin Overfield

 

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