Thoughts on the sermon

Lukewarmity. That was the subject of our sermon this morning. Based on the text from Revelation about the church of Laodicea where the Christians were reposing in their wealth and refusing to be bold witnesses for Christ and for His gospel. A church whose members had lost their initial fire for God and who were now simply living a tepid and and substandard type of Christianity. The minister laid everything out so well this morning, explaining how John pulls in the aspects of life in that city - the fact that they were famed for their black wool cloth and how they had a medical school famous for its curative eye salve and for the wealth that was in the city due to good economics and the aqueduct which conveyed their water from its source in a hot spring to the city by which time the water was generally quite tepid. So many little historical details that make everything stick so well. I had to laugh when he reallys spoke to the kids and got into things talking about the bad taste of lukewarm water and how Christ was going to "spew them out" being translated literally as vomited out and the sound effects causing giggles to be heard around the sanctuary! And then applying it all to life and leading a Christian life had put me to thinking a lot. I know i fail in so many ways to uphold the name of Christ properly in my life and to live the life that He has called me to live for His glory. I know that i sit there in the pew convicted that my own life is lukewarm at best and whilst it has the appearance of wholesomeness (is that a word, if not, it is now!), it is indeed full of myself and not Him. I pray that He may work in me to root out the indifference and unwholesomeness there and allow me to be a clean vessel in which He can work and fulfill His purposes. I was to be a vessel for Him for whatever purpose He has for me!