Intolerable Christianity


  1. FICKLENESS - lack of stability, whimsical, given to change
    1. The rulers of JEZ'-RE-EL
      1. FAITHFUL to Ahab while he lived - 2 Kings 9
      2. BEHEADED Ahab's 70 sons after he died - 2 Kings 10
    2. The people of JERUSALEM
      1. John 12:12-13 - they REJOICED at the coming of Jesus, shouting, "BLESSED is the KING of Israel who cometh in the name of the Lord!"
      2. John 19:15 - less than a week later they shouted, "CRUCIFY Him, we have no king but CAESAR!"
    3. The people of LYSTRA
      1. Acts 14:11 - after the cripple was healed, they said of Paul and Barnabas, "The GODS are come down to us."
      2. Acts 14:19 - at the persuading of the Jews, those same folks STONED Paul and left him for DEAD.
    4. The GALATIANS
      1. Galatians 1:6-9 so SOON removed to another GOSPEL
      2. Galatians 4:14-16
        1. at first received Paul as an ANGEL, willing to pluck out their own EYES and given them to Paul
        2. made Paul their enemy b/c he preached to them the truth
      3. Some churches give the same treatment to:
        1. PREACHERS
        2. PROGRAMS
        3. PEOPLE
        4. PROPERTY
  2. HALF-HEARTED
    1. In WORSHIP - (#212 "True-hearted, whole-hearted")
      1. Psalm 111:1 We must PRAISE and WORSHIP God with our whole heart
      2. Psalm 138:2 Our worship should be motivated by the TRUTH and LOVING-KINDNESS of God
    2. In CHRISTIAN LIVING -
      1. Psalm 119:10 We must SEEK God with our whole heart
      2. can be caused by misperception - Elijah: 1 Kings 19; Rom 11
      3. Matthew 5:13-16
    3. In EVANGELISM
      1. Acts 4 - 5: Peter and John are JAILED and BEATEN - the result: Acts 5:41-42
      2. Acts 7 - 8 Stephen is STONED & a great PERSECUTION begins - the result: Acts 8:4
      3. We must not be ASHAMED to declare the word of God to the world:
        1. Psalm 119:46
        2. Mark 8:38
        3. Romans 1:16
    4. Half-hearted / lukewarm Christianity makes Jesus want to VOMIT - Revelation 3:14-18
    5. Psalm 119:1-7