The Lukewarm Christian - Tim Conway

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20
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2011 Fellowship Conference Session #6

[@anacavalcante9000]

This message helped me so much, even after 12 years, i'd like to thank your ministry, God bless ❤

[@richardsoderkvist6383]

Thankyou for this message. Its the truth of Gods word Amen.

[@warrenrobert5009]

Relevant even today

[@andresortizs]

thank you so much for this video

[@Jesusmyallandall]

Thank you so much...this is very helpful

[@miarymr8337]

How does this verse in Revelation 3:20 relate to the ones where there seems to be a point of no return (like Hebrews 6:4-6 and Hebrews 10:26 and the Hebrews' warnings in general)?

[@illbehonest]

They are similar in that both are to professing believers. In Hebrews 10:26 it says if we go on, "sinning deliberately after" receiving certain truth--so they had just heard truth. So it is with the churches in Revelation, they are hearing truth from Christ, but will they respond to Christ's word to them? Or will they ignore it and willfully go on in rebellion? The great danger is that after the Spirit convicts one of their sin, they ignore such conviction and willfully go on in sin.

[@miarymr8337]

@@illbehonest If people still go on in rebellion, but then they realize they're wrong, and they repent, only God knows if they haven't crossed the point of no return, right? because I've heard testimonies of people like that, and after wholeheartedly repenting, God restored them.

[@nantyfields3226]

12 years of this message and still relevant to our souls. This is indeed the living God of Word.

[@charleneriddle5995]

There is no such thing as a lukewarm Christian. There is no in-between, one is either saved or one is lost. A lukewarm person is someone who has never received “Of His Fulness”, he is a lost soul who thinks that he is saved. The church Jesus spoke this to, they were lost and Jesus made this clear, they thought they knew God but they did not know him. A truly saved person cannot lose his Salvation because God does not let that person go, He changes them slowly. It’s called sanctification. If you are lukewarm, you are lost and you have never been saved. Tim Conway is a good preacher, he is one of the best, but I believe he is wrong about this. He is still one of the best preachers and I listen to him a lot and will keep listening to him; but a lukewarm person was never a Christian. Clearly lukewarm means a person who thinks he is saved and looks saved on the outside, but like the five foolish virgins, he is a lost soul, not a backsliding Christian.

[@illbehonest]

When you say there is no, "in-between", that seems to dismiss the reality of a true believer having a dry season where zeal is lacking. If so, why does he say earlier in Revelation 3 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die... -- Strengthen what remains implies an in-between. So does Hebrews 12:12 - Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,... -- They have "weak knees". It is not that they are paralyzed and have no ability to walk, or that they are walking fast...they are in-between, weak knees. He says what is lame needs to be healed. There is that reality in the believer's life and the Bible teaches such.