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What Is Your Spiritual Temperature?

  1. Are You Spiritually Cold?
  2. Are You Spiritually Hot?
  3. Are You Spiritually Lukewarm?

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What Is Your Spiritual Temperature?

  1. Are You Spiritually Cold?
  2. Are You Spiritually Hot?
  3. Are You Spiritually Lukewarm?

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Are You Spiritually Cold?

  1. One Who Has Grown Spiritually Cold Will Be Unmoved By the Truth
    1. Have A Hardened Heart Like Pharaoh (Hebrews 3:15; Exodus 7:2, 9:12)
    2. Regardless of How Much Truth is Taught, Their Conscience Will Be Unbothered (1 Timothy 4:2; Ephesians 4:17-19)

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Are You Spiritually Cold?

  1. One Who Has Grown Spiritually Cold Will Be Unmoved By the Truth
  2. Spiritual Coldness Develops Over Time
    1. One Does Not Just Become Spiritually Cold Overnight
    2. If One Goes From On Fire For the Lord to Spiritually Cold, It Was A Gradual Drifting (Hebrews 2:1)

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On Fire to Cold - A Gradual Drifting (Hebrews 2:1)

  1. We Are On Fire
  2. Over Time We Grow Lukewarm
  3. We Grow Cold - Now Spiritually Numb And Hardened

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Are You Spiritually Cold?

  1. One Who Has Grown Spiritually Cold Will Be Unmoved By the Truth
  2. Spiritual Coldness Develops Over Time
  3. The Only Way to Get Over Being Spiritually Cold Is to Have Your Heart Re-Softened By the Gospel Message
  4. Signs of Spiritual Coldness:

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Signs of Spiritual Coldness:

  1. Bible Study Is Of Little to No Importance
  2. Prayer Life is Lacking
  3. Worship Attendance is Sporadic/Convenience Based/Optional
  4. Sin Does Not Bother Us Like It Once Did - We May Even Share In It
  5. Spiritual Matters Are Of Little to No Importance

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What Is Your Spiritual Temperature?

  1. Are You Spiritually Cold?
  2. Are You Spiritually Hot?
  3. Are You Spiritually Lukewarm?

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What Is Your Spiritual Temperature?

  1. Are You Spiritually Cold?
  2. Are You Spiritually Hot?
  3. Are You Spiritually Lukewarm?

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Are You Spiritually Hot?

  1. We Should Be Spiritually Fervent/Hot (Romans 12:11)
    1. “To Be Stirred Up Emotionally, Be Enthusiastic/Excited/On Fire” (BDAG)
    2. “To Show Great Eagerness Toward Something - ‘To Show Enthusiasm, To Commit Oneself Completely To’” (Louw & Nida)

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Are You Spiritually Hot?

  1. We Should Be Spiritually Fervent/Hot (Romans 12:11)
  2. Signs One is Spiritually Fervent:

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Signs One is Spiritually Fervent:

  1. They Study the Bible Daily (Acts 17:11; Psalm 1:2)
  2. They Are Constant In Prayer (Romans 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
  3. They Desire to Be Present At Every Service (Hebrews 10:24-25)
  4. They Put God First (Matthew 6:33; Colossians 3:1-2)
  5. They Are Active In Their Service (Romans 12:11)
  6. They Share the Gospel (2 Timothy 2:2; Acts 4:20; Acts 18:25)

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What Is Your Spiritual Temperature?

  1. Are You Spiritually Cold?
  2. Are You Spiritually Hot?
  3. Are You Spiritually Lukewarm?

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What Is Your Spiritual Temperature?

  1. Are You Spiritually Cold?
  2. Are You Spiritually Hot?
  3. Are You Spiritually Lukewarm?

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Are You Spiritually Lukewarm?

  1. This Attitude Disgusts Christ the Most (Revelation 3:15-16)
  2. This Attitude is the Most Dangerous
    1. It Is Hard to Recognize
    2. One Can Continue to Do Spiritual Things
    3. But Doing Them Lacks the Fire The Lord Demands
    4. They May Feel They Are Fine (Revelation 3:17)

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Are You Spiritually Lukewarm?

  1. This Attitude Disgusts Christ the Most (Revelation 3:15-16)
  2. This Attitude is the Most Dangerous
  3. Lukewarm Is When We Feel Spiritually Self-Satisfied And Content (Revelation 3:17, Zephaniah 1:12)
  4. Signs One is Spiritually Lukewarm:

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Signs One is Spiritually Lukewarm:

  1. One Is Present At Services - Yet Engagement Is Lacking
  2. One Obeys God - But What They Choose to Obey
  3. One Prays - But When It Is Convenient
  4. One Will “Sacrifice” to God - But That Which Costs Little to Nothing (2 Samuel 24:24)
  5. Feeling Complacent/Settled Where One Is (Zephaniah 7:12)
  6. Spiritual Life is More About Convenience Than Conviction, Routine Of Righteousness

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If You Are Not Spiritually Hot/Fervent - Get Temperature Right By…

  • Getting Into the Word (Romans 10:17; Acts 17:11)
  • Viewing Sin As God Does (Proverbs 6:16-19)
  • Praying Consistently (Luke 18:1, Romans 12:12)
  • Being Engaged In Services - Doing Your Part (Hebrews 10:24-25; Ephesians 4:15-16)
  • Looking to the Example of Others (Philippians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 11:1)