We certainly are not left to wonder how Christ feels about the lukewarm disciple. Such a one is completely repulsive to Him. Christ did not redeem us from every lawless deed to be lukewarm for Him, but to be zealous for good works (Titus 2:14). The Christian is not instructed to be indifferent, rather “not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord” (Romans 12:11).

What is your current spiritual temperature? Are you zealous for the Lord and the work of the Lord (Rev. 3:19), or have you become lukewarm? How can you know? Well, take a brief spiritual assessment test.

(1) Do you spend very little time each day and week reading the Word of God?
(2) Do you seldom pray?
(3) When you attend worship services, are you present in body but absent in spirit?
(4) Do you rarely bring up Jesus and the gospel to the lost?
(5) Do you attend services, but fail to participate in the work?
(6) Is your heart not really into spiritual matters?
(7) Are you allowing other people and other things to come before God?
(8) Are you beginning to compromise with worldly things?

If your answer was “yes” to some or all of these questions, then you have become lukewarm for your Savior. And Jesus, because He loves you, would rebuke and chasten you, calling on you to repent and be zealous. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me” (Rev. 3:20).

Open the door of your heart. Let the Savior in. Hear His voice and humbly obey Him.