Hot vs. Cold

So Jared recently challenged me to study out Revelation 3:14-16 and that is exactly what I’ve been doing all night long. It’s a passage I’ve heard preached a million times. In this passage 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 lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”

I’ve always heard it said that this passage simply means that as believers it is impossible to be a “fence straddler”. You can’t be with the world and with God. God does NOT like it when we are lukewarm. He dislikes it so much that He’d rather us be cold than lukewarm, that is if we’re not going to be hot.

Another way of looking at this passage, too, is figurative. It turns out their were some well-known hot springs not far from Laodicea known for their great medicinal value. There also was some good underground cold water prized as great drinking water. Lukewarm water was of no value. Jesus is saying that the believers are not valuable at all because they are lukewarm, not hot or cold (both of which were valuable).

I’m not definite about this, but I found it interesting since I’d never heard it before.

Always the Same

So today in Sunday School, one of the things we touched on is that God is immutable…He NEVER changes.  We were asked how that affects us…what it means to us in our relationship with God.  My mind went to my relationship with my wonderful boyfriend.  I was thinking about how being away from him this summer is so difficult for both of us, and to be totally honest, how hard it really is to trust…completely…when you cannot see the other person.  People fail you…people change.  Then I went back to the question that had been posed to me.  How does the fact that God doesn’t change affect me and my relationship with Him?  Trust is a BIG deal in relationships.  God NEVER changes!  I can completely and totally trust in God knowing that He won’t fail me.  He’s not going to change.  That is so encouraging!

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July, everybody! I think of lot of the time we just see this day as a day to get off of work (which really is a blessing!) and if you’re anything like my family, to bum around and do nothing for the day. Many people tend to celebrate by eating and socializing, and of course…fireworks All of these are perfectly good things to do, but this year, let us not forget to thank God for the freedoms that we, as Americans, are blessed with. God bless America.