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Well here we go again, the time of the year when regular churchgoers must
reserve their regular pews 20 minutes earlier than usual because of the
return of the Part-time Christians. Seems like lilies and poinsettias
must be present for these folks to come out of the woodwork.
I used to be one. It’s a dangerous lifestyle. Check out Revelation 3:15-20:
"I know your works; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot.
So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
For you say, 'I am rich and affluent and have no need of anything,' and yet do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white garments to put on so that your shameful nakedness may not be exposed, and buy ointment to smear on your eyes so that you may see.
Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, (then) I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me.”
Isn't it time to end the bi-annual “welcome-back-to-the-fold” routine?
It’s time to REMAIN in the fold.
The Lord specifically states “So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.”
Serious stuff folks! Even my baking background reminds me that no cake will bake @ 220 degrees!
Isn’t it time to go full-time? Take it from the cake—and take it from the Lord--and welcome back!
By a former Part-timer, now Full-time with Full Benefits.
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