When I was reading Chapter 4 of Crazy Love, I just could not help but just take the questions and put them on here…, just post these descriptions and let you think….SO SEE IF THIS IS YOU>

LUKEWARM PEOPLE

• attend church regularly, It is what is expected of them, what they believe “good Christians” do, so they go
• give money to charity and to the church…as long as it doesn’t impinge on their standard of living. If they have a little extra and it is safe to give, they do so. After all, God loves a cheerful giver, right?
• tend to choose what is popular over what is right when they are in conflict.  They desire to fit in both at church and outside of church; they care more about what people think of their actions (like church attendance and giving) than what God thinks of their hearts and lives.
• don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin; they don’t genuinely hate sin and aren’t truly sorry for it, they are merely sorry, because God is going to punish them.
• are moved by stories of people who do radical things for Christ, yet they do not act on it. They feel this is only for “extreme” Christians.
• rarely share their faith because they do not want to make people feel uncomfortable by talking about private issues, like religion.
• feel satisfied with their so-so Christianity… hey, they are not as bad as the guy down the street!
• say they love Jesus, and He is a part of their life, but only a part….HE IS NOT ALLOWD TO HAVE FULL CONTROL
• think that total devotion to God really isn’t possible.
• love others but do not seek to love others as much of themselves….they give them the left overs
• love God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go, how much time, money and energy they are willing to give
• think about life on earth more often than eternity in heaven, focused on the to-do list, rather than the life to come!
• feel called to minister to the “rich”, while very few feel called to minister to the “poor”
• do whatever is necessary to keep themselves from feeling “too” guilty….do the bare minimum just to be good enough
• do not sacrifice or enjoy risking it for God.
• feel safe because they attend church, got saved at the age of 12, baptized, come from a christian family, vote Republican, or live in America
• do not live by faith, only by structure
• drink and swear less than the normal person, but aren’t that different from the normal unbeliever

Kind of a wake up call don’t you think…. I mean seriously think about all the characteristics of being luke warm…chew on it for a while and then either decide if you want to walk away, or completely turn it on for God.  I saw an analogy once, and I believe it was a Francis Chan message, where he was talking about how he loves lemonade, and he loves chocolate milk and had them in two separate cups….then he mixed them together and drank it…simply just nasty..and that is the way it is with being luke warm….if you are gonna sin…man go all out….if you are going to love Christ….go all out…do not sit in the middle!  I am working on going all out..after I read this chapter, I do believe that I would be considered lukewarm…time to turn it up people!

In Matthew 13:44 it says… The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought the field.

Is that how you love God, once you find it…you go bury it in your heart, get rid of everything that is holding you back and go and BET THE FARM on HIM!!!