We are lukewarm. If we were cold, the Lord says we would be better off. We would be more likely to wake up, recognize our pathetic condition, and seek His help. Too often we attempt to change by attempting to conform to mere rules and regulations without genuine heart surrender to God. Having our names on church membership books is not enough.
Profession is as nothing in the scale.
The majority of God's people still worship in churches around us, waiting to be called out by the moving invitation of the Holy Spirit. The Great Controversy , pp. Testimonies for the Church , vol. If we seek Him with all our heart, the Lord will pour upon us the Holy Spirit so that we will have the spiritual power to reach honest souls who need to hear the final invitation of mercy. No one can make such a claim.