The Smell of Lukewarm!!

1 Corinthians 3:1-3New American Standard Bible (NASB)

3 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, 3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking [a]like mere men?


      There is a finite number of unbelievers who have not been told about Jesus.  There is a number of people who have heard of Him, but have not been introduced.  They are out there living their lives every day, but nobody is introducing them to Jesus.  Why?  I believe it's because we are sitting back on our religious beliefs that they will come to us.  Churches have become businesses.  We run them like we are trying to lure in shoppers instead of going out to where the people are.  We offer hundreds of classes, comedy tours, food and drink.  Church isn't for the unbeliever, it is for fellowship of believers, building them up to go out and reach the unbelievers.  It's supposed to be a place where disciples are made, through training and discipline, but instead it has become a nursery. 
     I believe the church building is a place where we worship, but many don't even understand what worship is.  Worship is not singing a couple songs to Jesus.  Worship is not for us.  It's not to get us in a good mood or to help us feel closer to God, though when one truly worships Him these things can and do happen.  Worship is about honoring God.  Taking time to adore Him, to thank Him, to submit to Him.  In the concordance it compares to a dog licking it's masters hand.  Prostrate oneself in homage.  If people truly understood the meaning of worship, would they come late, because they hate the singing?  Would they ditch out early to miss the last song?  We don't have to sing, we don't have to stand, we don't have to lift our hands, it is a heart expression that causes us to want to do those things.  I struggled with worship for a long time until a friend gave me awesome advice.  He asks Jesus how He wants to be worshipped in that moment.  This works great for me.  Sometimes I raise a hand, sometimes I sit and other times I get down on my face.  It's all about Him.
     Many churches have turned worship into singing a few songs.  People walk around talking and even eating food provided by the church, while the true worshippers struggle to not be distracted.  It's sad.  It is very sad that such an opportunity is wasted because we are too selfish and focused on our wants to take some time out to adore, honor, and truly worship the King of Kings.  Have we forgotten who He is?  He has grown tired of the church (buildings) and is about to give it a shaking that many wont survive.

     I heard of a Christian man who is having an affair with a married woman.  He goes to church every Sunday with his wife and kids and plays the good man. Afterwards, he drinks in the bars and chases woman after woman.  I have been asking God how we are supposed to talk to unbelievers about Christ when Satan is making sure they see Christians cheating on their spouses, checking out the opposite sex, lying, raging, etc. etc.   The church or should I say nursery is full of babies who don't want to mature and have even reached a point where they are spitting up their milk.  When scripture speaks of spewing or spitting out it is something distasteful.  I'm believing the milk is no good. 
     Maybe if we fed the babes good milk, they would grow.  Maybe if we fed them nourishing milk they would want more, rather than the watered down stuff they are getting.  The Lord took me to several verses confirming that we are to judge our brothers. He is to judge the unbeliever's.  Has one person gone to this guy and said "What you are doing is wrong in the eyes of the Lord"  Discipline, repentance, forgiveness, and all that is deemed harsh has been removed from the teachings.  God has had enough.  This churches and this nation are about to pay the price for watered down gospel.  If the preachers don't start preaching the Truth, if the worshippers aren't truly worshipping the one true King, and if the prayer warriors don't start praying in His will instead of their own (witchcraft) God is going to shut down the churches and start giving out spankings.
     A couple weeks ago while I was in prayer the Lord gave me these words: The tents fell and what was once a gathering place for My people now appears like a ghost as they try to escape from under the weight of what they created without Me.
     Jesus gave us instructions.  It's very difficult to pray for the sick, cast out demons, raise the dead, weep with the weeping, worship, pray, use our gifts for the Kingdom, when we smell like rotten milk and people don't want to be near us.  The smell of the lukewarm?


Hebrews 6:1-4New American Standard Bible (NASB)

6 Therefore leaving the [a]elementary teaching about the [b]Christ, let us press on to [c]maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do, if God permits. 4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,