Signs of being a lukewarm christian

Signs of being lukewarm<br /><br />Typically, those who might be considered lukewarm Christians have some following characteristics. For a longer list, go to What are some of the signs of being a lukewarm Christian?<br /><br /> They live a different life on Sunday than they do the rest of the week<br /> Their friends don’t know they are Christian<br /> They would rather be accepted socially than reveal their Christian faith<br /> They don’t read the Bible very much<br /> They don’t pray very much or only pray to God during difficult times.<br /> They don’t share your faith very often, if at all<br /> They only go to church for social reasons, if at all.<br />Being a real Christian means that we take the things of God seriously and we seek to follow Christ and his teachings. Jesus wants us to deny ourselves and follow him.<br /><br />What does Jesus require?<br /><br /> Matthew 10:38, “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.”<br /> Matthew 16:24, Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.”<br /> Luke 14:27–28, “Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28 “For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?”<br /> John 13:35, “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”