Spiritual apathy, coldness, or indifference can affect the most sincere Christian at one time or another. It can replace the fervor we once felt for the things of God. Overcoming it is necessary for continuing our walk with GOD in the Body of JESUS CHRIST.
A mechanical service to GOD is not pleasing HIM. When Paul wrote to the Church around 60 AC, he commended the believers for a true and sincere LOVE to GOD and to their neighbors and never take for granted what we have in the person of JESUS CHRIST.
Living for CHRIST is a daily adventure of rediscovering life filled with joy and eternal purpose and give us strength in the pursuing of it. Feel the vibrant Love and Passion for CHRIST.
Satan loves apathy. We must stay alert to the temptations of the old nature. We must never lose the sense that GOD is always with us and in us. These Scriptural verses will help you to remember the meaning of spiritual apathy and avoid to enter in that shelter.
REVELATION 3:15-16 "I Know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My Mouth." 3:2 "Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my GOD."
JOSHUA 24:14-15"Now therefore Fear the LORD and Serve Him in sincerity and in Faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and Serve the LORD. And if it is Evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this Day Whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the Region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
PROVERBS 15:19 "The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway." 18:9"Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to the one who destroys."
24:33-34"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and Poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man." 29:15"The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother."
ECCLESIASTES 9:10 "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going."
JAMES 4:17 "So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin."
EPHESIANS 4:19"They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every king of impurity." 5:16 "Make the best use of the Time, because the Days are evil."
6:10-12 ".. Be strong in the LORD and in the strength of His Might. Put on the whole armor of GOD, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the Devil. For we do not wrestle against Flesh and Blood, but against Rulers, against Authorities, against Cosmic Powers over this Present Darkness, against spiritual Forces of Evil in the Heavenly Places."
HEBREWS 5:11-12 "About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this Time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the Basic Principles of the Oracles of GOD. You need milk, not solid food." 11:6 "And without FAITH it is impossible to please HIM, for whoever would draw near to GOD must BELIEVE that HE EXISTS and that HE REWARDS those who seek Him."
6: 4-6 "For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the WORD of GOD and the Powers of the Age to Come, and then have fallen away, To Restore them Again to Repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding HIM up to contempt."
PSALM 51:16-17"For YOU will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; You will not be pleased with a Burnt Offering. The sacrifices offered to GOD are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O GOD, YOU will not despise." 17:10 "They close their hearts to pity; with their mouth they speak arrogantly."
HABAKKUK 1:13 "You who are of purer eyes than to see Evil and cannot look at wrong, Why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?"
ACTS 10:1-23 "At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who Feared GOD with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to GOD. About the 9th Hour of the Day Cornelius saw clearly in a vision an angel of GOD come in and say to him, "Cornelius." And he stared at him in terror and said, "What is it, Lord?" And HE said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a Memorial before GOD. And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter ... "
GALATIANS 6:9 "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up."
1THESSALONIANS 5:1-11"Now concerning the Times and the Seasons, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the DAY OF THE LORD will come like a thief in the Night. While people are saying, 'There is peace and security,' then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you are not in Darkness, brothers, for that day, to surprise you like a thief. For you are all Children of Light, Children of the Day. We are not of the Night or of Darkness.. ." 5:21"Test everything; hold fast to what is good."
ZEPHANIAH 1:12-13 "At that Time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, 'The Lord will not do good, nor will HE do ill.' Their goods shall be plundered, and their houses laid waste. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink wine from them."
ROMANS 12: 9-13 "Let LOVE be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in Spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality."
1 JOHN 3:17-18 "But if anyone has the World's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does GOD's LOVE abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in TRUTH."
2 TIMOTHY 4: 3-4 "For the Time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the TRUTH and wander off into myths.MARK 14:38-41 "Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The Spirit indeed is willing, but the Flesh is weak." And again JESUS went away and prayed, saying the same WORDS. And again JESUS came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer HIM. And JESUS came the 3rd Time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the Hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners."
JOHN 5:39-40 "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to ME that you may have Life."
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