In Part 2 of “Laodicea, The Church Lukewarm Over Being Lukewarm,” we continue our journey through the “Revelation: Jesus Revealed” series by examining Christ’s striking message to the Laodicean church in Revelation 3:14-22. This sermon explores the grave danger of spiritual complacency—the curse, condition, and root causes of being “lukewarm.” Through an honest look at our own spiritual poverty, blindness, and wretchedness apart from God, we discover Christ’s ultimate counsel: an invitation to repent and receive His true riches, His perfect righteousness, and complete restoration.
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Sermon Series: Revelation: Jesus Revealed: The View Behind The Veil
Laodicea, The Church Lukewarm Over Being Lukewarm” (Part 2)
Revelation 3:14 “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These
things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation
of God:
Revelation 3:15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could
wish you were cold or hot.
Revelation 3:16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,
I will vomit you out of My mouth.
Revelation 3:17 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 3:18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may
be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your
nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and
repent.
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice
and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
Revelation 3:21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne,
as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
Revelation 3:22 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Revelation 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will
spue thee out of my mouth.
I. THE CHRIST WHOSE AGAINST LUKEWARMNESS.
Revelation 3:14 “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These
things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation
of God:
II. THE CURSE OF LUKEWARMNESS.
Revelation 3:15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish
you were cold or hot.
III. THE CONDTION OF LUKEWARMNESS.
Revelation 3:16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,
I will vomit you out of My mouth.
IV. THE CAUSE OF LUKEWARMNESS.
Revelation 3:17 Because you say, —and do not know
1 Thessalonians 4:13 “But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren …
John 15:5 “… for without Me you can do nothing.”
1. YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE WRETCHED.
Revelation 3:17 Because you say, — and do not know that you are wretched … ”
Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.
Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
Romans 7:25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
Noel Jesse Heikkinen, Wretched Saints (quote)
“The truth of the gospel of Jesus is this: I am nothing more than a wretch … and yet
so much more than a saint. I am a wretched saint, and that’s exactly what I am
supposed to be. No more; no less. That is my identity; it is who I am.”
Voddie Baucham (quote)
“May I never get over the fact that God saved a wretched sinner like me.”
Blaise Pascal (quote)
“The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched.”
2. YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE MISERABLE.
Revelation 3:17 Because you say, — and do not know that you are miserable …”
1 Corinthians 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most
miserable.
3. YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE POOR.
Revelation 3:17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, — and do not know that you are poor …
Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4. YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE BLIND.
Revelation 3:17 Because you say, — and do not know that you are blind ….”
5. YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE NAKED.
Revelation 3:17 Because you say, — and do not know that you are naked …”
V. THE COUNSEL FOR LUKEWARMNESS.
Revelation 3:18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may
be rich;
1. WE NEED CHRIST’S RICHES.
1 Corinthians 4:7 (EASY) “… You received from God everything that you have.
2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He
was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might
become rich.
2. WE NEED CHRIST’S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Revelation 3:18 “… and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of
your nakedness may not be revealed;
Isaiah 64:6 “But we ‘are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousness are like
filthy rags;
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for he hath clothed me with the the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with
the robe of righteousness …
3. WE NEED CHRIST’S RESTORATION.
Revelation 3:18 “… and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and
repent.
The wretch needs to retch.
Thomas Watson said, “Real repentance is the vomiting of the soul.”
“To a fool, foolishness is wisdom and wisdom is foolishness. The Bible tells us that fools enjoy their foolishness but don’t know how foolish they are! As Proverbs 1:22 asks, ‘How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge.'”
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Proverbs 1:22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners
delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge.
On a hair dryer the warning: Do not use while sleeping.
On an iron the warning: Do not iron clothes on body.
On a chainsaw the warning: Do not attempt to stop chain with your hand.
On a microwave oven a warning label read, “Do not use for drying pets!”
On a wheelbarrow is the warning “not intended for highway use”.
A child’s baby stroller is labeled with the warning “do not fold with baby inside”.
A child’s clothing label reads “wash inside out and remove child before washing”.
On a jet ski: “Never use a lit match or open flame to check fuel level.”
On New Holland’s small tractors warning label: “Avoid death”
An adult Superman costume comes with this disclaimer : “warning this product
does not enable flight or super strength”.
On a bottle of drain opener has a label that says
“Warning: if you cannot read this warning label do not use this product”.
Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
Proverbs 14:9 Fools mock at sin …
Proverbs 1:32 (CJB) For the aimless wandering of the thoughtless will kill them,
and the smug overconfidence of fools will destroy them;
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of
death.
Proverbs 13:13 He who despises the word will be destroyed,….
1. THE SIMPLE OR THE NAIVE.
Proverbs 1:22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
Proverbs 14:15 The simple believes every word, But the prudent considers well his
knowledge.
Proverbs 14:18 The simple inherit foolishness, but the prudent are crowned with
knowledge.
Proverbs 14:18 (VOICE) The naive are heirs to foolishness, but the clever are
are honored with insight.
1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child,
I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are
of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Albert Einstein once said, “Only two things are infinite; the universe and human
stupidity. And I’m not sure about the universe.”
Proverbs 19:3 (NLT) People ruin their lives by their own foolishness…
Hosea 4:6 “My people perish from a lack of knowledge.”
Proverbs 1:4 To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and
discretion —
Psalm 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of
the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalm 119:130 The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the
simple.
2. THE SCORNER OR THE SCOFFER.
Proverbs 1:22 “… For scorners delight in their scorning,
Proverbs 22:10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave; Yes, strife and
reproach will cease.
It doesn’t say, “Cast him off.” It says, “Cast him out.”
Proverbs 9:7 (VOICE) Whoever tries to discipline a scoffer should expect a hail of
insults in return.
Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not
listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 15:12 A scoffer does not love one who corrects him, nor will he go to
the wise.
Proverbs 21:24 A proud and haughty man— “Scoffer” is his name; He acts with
arrogant pride.
3. THE FOOL.
Proverbs 1:22 “… and fools hate knowledge.”
Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God,
for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually
discerned.
To a fool foolishness is wisdom and wisdom is foolishness.
Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but in expressing his own heart.
Proverbs 12:15a The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, …”
Proverbs 19:3 The foolishness of a man twists his way, and his heart frets against
the Lord.
Proverbs 28:26 He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, …”
Proverbs 16:22 “… it is pointless to try and instruct a fool.
Fools enjoy their foolishness but don’t know how foolish they are!
Proverbs 14:9 Fools mock at sin …
Provebs 14:9 (MSG) The stupid ridicule right and wrong …
Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you;
then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
2 Samuel 3:33 And the king sang a lament over Abner and said:”Should Abner
die as a fool dies?
“Old Man” is a song
This is a final farewell to a father, from one atheist to another.
The sun has left the sky, old man
The birds have flown away
And no one came to cry, old man
Goodbye, old man, goodbye
You wanna stay, I know you do
But it ain’t no use to try
‘Cause I’ll be here and I’m just like you
Goodbye, old man, goodbye
Won’t be no God to comfort you
You taught me not to believe that lie
You don’t need anybody, nobody needs you
Don’t cry, old man, don’t cry
Everybody dies
Acts 17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked,
while others said, “We will hear you again on this matter.”
Acts 17:33 So Paul departed from among them.
Acts 17:34 However, some men joined him and believed,…”
Pastor Ed Hamilton explores the transformation of Saul, from a religious terrorist to a Christian evangelist. Through Galatians 1:15, the sermon highlights how God chose, called, and saved Paul by His grace. Pastor Hamilton emphasizes that God’s plan for each of us begins before birth, and His grace equips us to fulfill His purposes. The message draws from scriptures like Luke 1:13-17, Isaiah 49:1-5, and 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 to show how God’s grace and calling are central to the Christian life.
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Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s
womb, and called me by his grace,
Every Christian’s testimony is made up of our life before conversion, at conversion
and after conversion.
Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted
the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.
Galatians 1:14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my
own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
“Other than the resurrection of Jesus Christ, there has been no greater influence on
the world than the conversion of Paul.”
Church historian J.L. Hurlbut, in The Story of the Christian Church writes
“In all the history of Christianity no single conversion to Christ carried with it such
momentous results to the whole world, as that of Saul the persecutor, afterward
Paul the Apostle”
Martin Luther, the Protestant reformer, called Paul the wisest man after Christ.
Quote “Paul is the first theologian in the early church and arguably the greatest in
the early church and arguably the greatest in the history of Christianity.”
Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God …”
I. GOD DID THE CHOOSING.
Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s
womb …”
Galatians 1:15 (NLT) But even before I was born, God chose me …”
Galatians 1:15 (ESV) But when he who had set me apart before I was born,
Galatians 1:15 (GWN) But God, who appointed me before I was born …”
Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your
prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall
call his name John.
Luke 1:14 And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.
Luke 1:15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither
wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his
mother’s womb.
Luke 1:16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.
Luke 1:17 He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the
hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,
to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Isaiah 49:1 “Listen, O coastlands, to Me,And take heed, you peoples from afar!
The Lord has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made
mention of My name.
Isaiah 49:2 And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword;In the shadow of His hand
He has hidden Me, and made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me.”
Isaiah 49:5 And now the Lord says, Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him, So that Israel is gathered to Him (For I shall be glorious
in the eyes of the Lord, And My God shall be My strength),
Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were
born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
John 15:16 “You did not choose me, but I chose you …”
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Ephesians 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
Ephesians 1:5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself,
according to the good pleasure of His will,
* We did not choose when we were to be born.
* We did not choose our body type.
* We did not choose where we were to be born.
* We did not choose our parents.
* We did not choose our influences early in our life.
* We did not choose whether we were to be male or female.
* We did not choose our genetics.
* We did not choose our temperament.
* We did not choose our looks.
* We did not choose our physical abilities.
Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.
Proverbs 16:33 (GW) The dice are thrown, but the Lord determines every outcome.
Proverbs 16:33 (TLB) We toss the coin, but it is the Lord who controls its decision.
Matthew 26:39 ” … nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
In life, there are things we can’t control and there are things we can control.
II. GOD DOES THE CALLING.
Galatians 1:15 “… and called me …
1 Corinthians 1:26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according
to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.
1 Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to
shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to
shame the things which are mighty;
1 Corinthians 1:28 and the base things of the world and the things which are
despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the
things that are,
1 Corinthians 1:29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.
God says I’ll take:
Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks;
Tough kids, sissy kids; even kids with chicken pox;
III. GOD DID IT ALL BY GRACE.
Galatians 1:15 “… and called me by his grace, .
2 Corinthians 4:6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness,
who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God …”
2 Timotthy 2:13: “If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.”
Romans 3:11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.
Romans 3:12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”
Philippians 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work
in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
In this video, we dive into Galatians 1:11-14 and explore the powerful transformation of Saul, a former persecutor of the church, into Paul, one of Christianity’s greatest advocates. We discuss the significance of Paul’s testimony: his life before Christ, his encounter with Jesus, and how he became a vessel for the gospel of grace. This message highlights the reality that you can be sincere, religious, and even zealous, yet still be lost without the true revelation of Christ. Discover the power of grace and the radical change that comes when the gospel is revealed to us through Jesus Christ.
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Galatians 1:11 But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was
preached by me is not according to man.
Galatians 1:12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came
through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted
the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.
Galatians 1:14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my
own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
Every Christian has a testimony and there are three parts to every testimony:
1) My life before Jesus Christ.
2) How and when I met Christ.
3) How my life has changed since I met Christ.
He went from being Saul one of Christianity greatest opponents to Paul one of
Christianity greatest proponents.
Galatians 1:11 But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was
preached by me is not according to man.
Galatians 1:12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came
through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1) BEFORE CONVERSION: LIFE BEFORE CHRIST.
Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, …”
Galatians 1:13 (NLT) You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion–
Galatians 1:13 (VOICE) Surely you are familiar with my personal history, with my
dedication to the teachings and traditions of Judaism…..
1) YOU CAN BE RELIGIOUS AND LOST!
Acts 26:4 “My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning
among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.
Acts 26:5 They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that
according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Philippians 3:5 (NLT) I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded
citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there
ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest
obedience to the Jewish law.
among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.
2) YOU CAN BE SINCERE AND BE WRONG!
Acts 26:7 (GW) Our twelve tribes expect this promise to be kept as they worship
with intense devotion day and night.
“It doesn’t matter what you believe, as long as you’re sincere.”
3) YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST THE LORD AND NOT KNOW IT.
Acts 26:10 This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison,
having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death,
I cast my vote against them.
Did his religion make Paul better or worse?
4) YOU CAN THINK YOU’RE SERVING GOD WHEN YOU’RE SERVING SATAN.
Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted
the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.
Acts 22:4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons
both men and women.
Acts 26:11 (ERV) I visited all the synagogues and punished them, trying to make
them curse Jesus. My anger against these people was so strong that I went to
other cities to find them and punish them.
John 16:2 (WE) The people will put you out of the meeting place. Yes, the time is
coming when someone will kill you and think he is working for God.
A Muslim mother said, “Because I love my son, I encouraged him to die a martyr’s
death for the sake of Allah. Jihad is a religious obligation encumbered upon us
and we must carry it out. I sacificed Mohammed [her son’s name] as a part of my obligation. I asked Allah to give me ten Israelis for Mohammed, and Allah granted
my request,and Mohammad made his dream come true, killing ten Israeli settlers
and soldiers. Our God honored him even more in that there were many Israelis
wounded.”
The greatest persecutor of the church has always been an ungodly government
5) YOU CAN CHOOSE TRADITION OVER TRUTH.
Galatians 1:14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my
own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
Jesus said this to the religious Pharisees of His day about their traditions:
Mark 7:13 (NOG) Because of your traditions you have destroyed the authority of
God’s word. And you do many other things like that.”
Mark 7:13 (NLT) And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own
tradition. And this is only one example among many others.”
The Word of God not only has to be read, it has to be interpreted.
Acts 8:30 So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said,
Do you understand what you are reading?
Acts 8:31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip
to come up and sit with him.
Matthew 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time,
Matthew 5:34 But I say unto you,
Galatians 1:12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came
through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Revelation to Paul meant not just knowledge about God but the act of God revealing
Himself to Paul.
1 Timothy 1:13 although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent
man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
1 Timothy 1:13 (ICB) In the past I spoke against Christ and persecuted him and did
all kinds of things to hurt him. But God showed mercy to me because I did not know
what I was doing. I did those things when I did not believe.
In Don’t Mess With The Gospel (Part 2), we explore the various distortions of the true gospel that have infiltrated the church, including the prosperity gospel, the poverty gospel, the social gospel, and the liberal gospel. Paul warns in Galatians 1:6-10 that turning to a different gospel is a serious matter, and those who pervert the gospel of Christ are under a curse. The true gospel is salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone—any attempt to add to or subtract from it is a false gospel. Join us as we stand firm in the truth of the gospel of grace.
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Galatians 1:6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called
you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,
Galatians 1:7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want
to pervert the gospel of Christ.
Galatians 1:8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel
to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
Galatians 1:9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any
other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men?
For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
I) GOSPEL DISTORTIONS AND PERVERSIIONS.
Galatians 1:6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called
you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,
Galatians 1:7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want
to pervert the gospel of Christ.
1) THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL.
2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though
He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty
might become rich.
Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and
showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Matthew 4:9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down
and worship me.”
1 Timothy 3:3 “… not greedy for money…”
Titus 1:7 ” …not greedy for money.”
Luke 9:57 Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him,
“Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.”
Luke 9:58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
2) THE POVERTY GOSPEL.
2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though
He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty
might become rich.
Proverbs 30:7 Two things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die):
Proverbs 30:8 Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty
nor riches—Feed me with the food allotted to me;
Proverbs 30:9 Lest I be full and deny You, and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I be poor
and steal, and profane the name of my God.
3) THE SOCIAL GOSPEL.
Matthew 25:44 “Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see
You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not
minister to You?’
Matthew 25:45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch
as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’
Matthew 25:46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous
into eternal life.”
Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were
of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews;
but now My kingdom is not from here.”
Adrian Rogers said, “If all we do is preach a social gospel then all we do is make this
world a better place to go to hell from.”
4) THE LIBERAL GOSPEL.
Jude 1:4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out
for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness
and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:4 (AMP) They are ungodly persons whose condemnation was predicted
long ago, for they distort the grace of our God into decadence and immoral
freedom [viewing it as an opportunity to do whatever they want], and deny
and disown our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:4 (ERV) They have used the grace of our God in the wrong way—to do
sinful things. They refuse to follow Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
Jude 1:4 “… who turn the grace of our God into lewdness…”
Jude 1:4 (AMP) for they distort the grace of our God into decadence and immoral
freedom [viewing it as an opportunity to do whatever they want],
Jude 1:4 (ERV) They have used the grace of our God in the wrong way—to do
sinful things. They refuse to follow Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
Cheap grace wants to justify the sin rather than the sinner.
True grace on the other hand, justifies the sinner, not the sin.
What this gospel says is come on in.
The water’s fine.
You come just as you are.
You stay just as you are.
You live just as you are.
You die just as you are.
Romans 5:20 “…. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,
Romans 5:20 (NCB) “… but the increase in sins was far exceeded by the increase
in grace.
Romans 5:20 (NLT) “… But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace
became more abundant.
Hymn lyrics
Grace, grace, God’s grace
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within
Grace, grace, God’s grace
Grace that is greater than all our sin
Those great theologians the Animals once sang:
I’m just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood
Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
Romans 6:2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
I) GOSPEL ACUSATIONS AND ANSWERS.
Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men?
For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
