He goes even further in Revelation 3 saying I know your works that you are neither cold nor hot I would prefer you were cold or hot So then because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot I will spue you out of my mouth Because you say I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and don t know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked These are the words that came before Billy Graham s edited speech at his San Diego crusade referenced here here