Executive Pastor Kevin Nderitu of The District Church preached a Nov. 13 sermon about the first-century church of Laodicea. Nderitu believes that many Christians today act in similar ways to the church of Laodicea, a community that was blessed in various ways and susceptible to forgetting their need for regular communion with God through prayer, church and Bible reading.
In Revelation 3:14-15, Jesus addresses the Laodicean church, calling them lukewarm believers based on their lack of dedication to their Christian beliefs.
Nderitu preached, “A lukewarm church becomes a reflection of the culture instead of influencing the culture,” “And your success is defined by a worldly standard such that we start pursuing those things while still trying to pursue God, and there is no impact from such a life.”
The pastor said that when someone is “spiritually hot”, they make God the center focus of their lives. But when someone is “cold spiritually”, they have abandoned the faith.
Being a “lukewarm Christian” means leading a slightly approvable life to God, according to the pastor, but not being fully dedicated to God because things of the world have stolen their focus.
And The pastor pointed out, the Laodiceans were unaware that they were not putting God at the center of their lives because they were too focused on their prestige and wealth.