“I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”- Rev. 3:15-16
In his book, Paths to Power, A.W. Tozer commented on the spiritual condition of the church, “To any casual observer of the religious scene today, two things will at once be evident: one, that there is very little sense of sin among the unsaved, and two, that the average professed Christian lives a life so worldly and careless that it is difficult to distinguish him from the unconverted man.” This statement was published in the 1940’s…I wonder what Tozer would think of the church in this new millennium? The truth is, what really matters is what God thinks.
Apathy is a cancer, not only to the body as a whole, but to every member that makes it up. Cancer typically begins in one isolated area, but is not confined there. It spreads, it grows, it takes over. Before long, if left unattended, it shuts down the entire operation. The truth is, whatever is wrong in the body, it is the result of something being wrong in the parts first. And it doesn’t matter who you are or how healthy you are, anyone can get it. Like cancer, apathy can kill the strongest of Christians.
More than any other group in the world, believers must safeguard themselves from this plague of indifference. I believe one of the reasons so few people come to Christ in these last days is because they are afraid they will end up like those who confess to know Him. As Tozer said, the average Christian lives in such a way that it is difficult to distinguish him from the unconverted man. If an individual confesses Christ and does not emanate joy, gladness, hope, and the such, then that individual is either unconverted or unmoved by the deep things of God. – copied
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
