Lukewarm Faith is a Lazy Faith

Lukewarm Faith is a Lazy Faith

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,[7] I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, “I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’–and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked–

(Revelation 3:15-17 NKJV)

Lukewarm stuff tastes horrible. No one likes lukewarm coffee, or lukewarm tea. Either the coffee needs to be hot, or the tea needs to be ice cold. Lukewarmness is a characteristic that serves no purpose.

I have always heard an interpretation of this verse by preachers that said this:

You need to be hot for Jesus. Your faith needs to be red-hot. Cold faith is just as useless as lukewarmness.

Yet Jesus spoke about lukewarmness because many Christians in Laodicea became ineffective in reaching people for Christ. They were unable to share the Good News of Jesus. They stopped sharing the message of Jesus.

Lukewarm food also does another thing. When you place something lukewarm by your body, it causes your body to relax. Your body starts to relax and you won’t want to do anything. Hot objects and cold objects make us respond. Either we feel burned, or we feel a shiver. When something is lukewarm and it is placed near the body, it relaxes us. It soothes us and makes us tired. So it is the same with our witness to the world. When we are lukewarm, we become tired.

We don’t want to let others know about Jesus, or about God has been doing in our lives.

This is what Jesus was referring to when He warned us about being lukewarm.