Saturday, May 21, 2011

Hot or Cold....

Revelation 3:16 Do or Do Not


This has been on my mind for a few months now. It’s a story of a young orphaned boy. His mom died in child birth and his dad was a dead beat. He lives with his Aunt and Uncle on a farm. Growing up a farm boy he knew he was destined for so much more but didn’t know exactly what. While he was out getting farm hands trained for their job, he was mugged and by bandits and then picked up by an old hermit and taken to his home. Turns out the hermit knew his father when he was in the military. The farm boy returns home to find that his aunt and uncle have been killed by soldiers looking for the new farmhands. He returns to the hermit and decides to leave the area with him to seek out the former employers of the farmhands.

While on their journey the hermit teaches the farm boy life lessons in right from wrong. They pick up a couple of highway men to help them on the trip. The military is searching for them and soon captures them. They split up and try to escape the compound, while doing so the hermit is killed by the military’s leader who happened to be an old friend turned enemy of the hermit. From this the group joins with a band of straggling rebels and attempts to seek revenge on the army.

Soon after the farm boy has a dream of the hermit and is told to find his old teacher. He has to travel through a swamp to reach the teacher. Once he finds the old teacher he soon learns of his much larger role in the scheme of life. He learns that the man who killed the hermit is in fact his long lost father. He is taught many things about good and evil.  The main point he learns is to not be lukewarm. Not to do anything half way, either do it or don’t do it. There is no Try.



"No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try."



So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

Revelation 3:16



Jesus spoke those same words not to an individual but to a church. The church of Laodicea was having trouble fulfilling their commitment to the Gospels, not fulfilling their commitment to Christ. Just only halfway, half heartedly doing anything, He said that they were wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. Not looking for riches in Him but in the world. He told them to repent and that he loves them and he wanted to correct and teach them.


Be Hot or Cold: Do or Do Not