|City on a Hill - Writings for Refuge

-Hot puts all the weight on God, and embraces man's weakness. This is the witness of Jesus He is looking for in the earth. -Cold puts no weight on God. It denies man's weakness and embraces God's irrelevance. It's downfall is also the witness God is looking for. Exodus 9:4“And the LORD will make a difference between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt. So nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.” ’ ” Lukewarm corrupts the relationship with God. It delusionally thinks it's putting the right amount of weight on God and the right amount on man. It delusionally thinks it is embracing the right amount of man's weakness and the right amount of God's irrelevance (though it is careful to never admit that, for obvious reasons). It is adultery. Jesus would rather you not get married, then to get married and cheat. Lukewarm = spiritual adultery This is confusion. Its witness is worthless. It is the height of selfishness, sin...

Hebrews 5:10called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,” 11of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. Jesus is a High Priest outside of the old covenant. He has an authority that comes down from heaven, not up from people.  The outpouring of the Spirit should take us deeper into something new, not simply stir up something old.  We must progress to perfection. We have to tackle the hard issues regarding authority, order, anointing, faith, hope and love (1 Cor 12-15). The outpouring...