<TITLE>14. Par 113-125</TITLE>L-113 Now, now, the next verse would be, to the other churches, commending, but He didn't commend this church. He had a complaint against it, not a commend. He didn't commend this for nothing, this Laodicean age. With all the Light that they had and went back on it, they didn't need any commending. Uh-huh. They needed a rebuke, and they got it. He had a complaint for this church, not a co--commend.
Now, I'll read the 15th and 16th verse here now.
I know Thy works,... thou art neither cold nor hot: I would that thou were cold or hot. (In other words, "Don't--don't just be lukewarm.")
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. (Um.)
And taught... Is that a commend? That's a rebuke to this ungodly Laodicean age, the worst of the whole bunch. All the rest of them under torments and everything they had, they had nothing; they was poverty-stricken, wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, and destituted, and sawed and burned to death, and fed to lions, and everything else, and still held the faith. And this bunch is rich and has need of nothing, and everything else, and a prostitute. That's right.

L-116 Now, we got a great big lesson I hope the Lord helps us in it. He--he said, "because you're neither hot or cold, lukewarm..."
Like milk... See? A good cold milk's good. Isn't it? Hot milk's good for you. But lukewarm milk will make you vomit.
I remember one night I got sick down on the river, about twenty-five years ago. I was in a little shanty boat, living down there. I got sick, and they come up, my brother-in-law to take me over to Dr. Isler. Said, "What's the matter?"
I said, "I'm so sick at my stomach."
Said, "Drink you a glass of warm milk." Oh, brother. Lukewarm milk, it made me sick, so I just cleaned it all out what was on the inside.

L-121 Now, God said, "I'd rather you'd be hot, real red hot, or freezing, be one or the other. Don't get lukewarm, 'cause you make Me sick." That's what this church age does for God, makes Him sick. You see? "Either be... Don't be--don't be red... Either be red-hot or don't be lukewarm. Warm or hot... 'cause you make Me vomit."
The chilliness of the Anglican church in the days of John Wesley drove him to have meetings elsewhere, because it was cold, chilly.
The chilliness of the Methodist church caused William Booth to become a red hot salvationist. See, God said, "If you won't come and repent, I'll remove the candlestick. I'll take it out, give it to somebody else." So when the Methodist church wouldn't receive John Wesley's sanctification, William Booth come right up with the Salvation Army and took her right on. That's right. Why? They organized it (That's exactly.), made an organization out of it, and God said, "I hate the thing."

L-125 So there William Booth come right along and picked it up, and the Salvation Army, then what'd he do? The same thing, turned around and organized it again. After him come the Campbellites, and they existed awhile; and then John Smith with the Baptists; and then after that come the Nazarenes; and then after the Nazarenes come Pentecost. Nazarenes, what'd they do? Fixed theirs up the same way, denominated it.
What come in that time? Two little branches, Church of God and so forth, growed out of there. What'd they do? Organized; just let them go. Along come the Pentecostals with the latter rain blessing, what'd they do? Organized, so He just let them go. That's right.
Now, we're going to get down here at the end; you get something real strong in a few minutes. All right.


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