Proverbs 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

Beloved brother; dearly beloved sister:

I know you have been ‘lukewarm‘ in your belief in Christ. You have been lukewarm in your faith in Jesus. You have been cold in your heart for His church and unthankful in your daily life.

Your offering has been stingy (if you have even returned any of what is already His).

And your prayer?  … Probably as infrequent as my prayers so often become.

The flame of His light dimly flickers in the fruit of your witness. You resist the fire of His Holiness each time the Lord calls you to repentance.

Yes… at times, we are lukewarm for the risen Lord, Christ Jesus. At times, we fail miserably in our Christian… our christian… our not-so-Christlike mortal life.

The Light in You

Luke 11:33 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. 35 Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.

36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”

John 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Has the Lord’s light left your heart?

OR do you answer our risen Lord’s voice at the door of your heart saying: ‘Repent, beloved?’

Jesus seeks the lost. He welcomes the return of the prodigal christian.

For to the church at Ephesus, the risen Christ also revealed through John:

Revelation 2:5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent…

7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’