Revelation 3:15 ESV
‘ I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot.
Choosing the middle path between the world and Jesus is to be off the path to God. Compromise with the world is choosing something other than God to be first in your life. Jesus found this church to be in a state of limbo, lost and ignorant of the shaky ground on which they tread. They had grown complacent and listless in their service to God. Being double minded is not an option for the children of His household. It is with our whole heart and being we are to love Him.
Romans 12:11
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
2 Peter 2:21-22
For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mir
Deuteronomy 5:29
Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!
Psalms 81:11-12
“But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel would not submit to me.
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
to follow their own counsels.
1 Corinthians 16:22
If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!
Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Matthew 24:7-12
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. 11 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” And the people did not answer him a word.
Joshua 24:15
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
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