{"id":10494,"date":"2025-03-16T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=10494"},"modified":"2025-03-22T12:23:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T17:23:05","slug":"comfortable-christianity","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/sermons\/comfortable-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfortable Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>\u201cI know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16So, because you are lukewarm\u2014neither hot nor cold\u2014I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, \u2018I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.\u2019 But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. \u2026 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em>Revelation 3:15-17, 19-20 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>1 John 2:15 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em>Revelation 3:19 NLT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Do something EVERY day that requires faith<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em>Revelation 3:20 NLT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16So, because you are lukewarm\u2014neither hot nor cold\u2014I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, \u2018I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.\u2019 But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. \u2026 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[110],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10494","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-jesse-loew","ctfw-no-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/10494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/10494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10495,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/10494\/revisions\/10495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=10494"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=10494"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=10494"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=10494"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=10494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}