Matthew 24:12

About Matthew 24:12

Matthew 24:12 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on Coldness in the Bible and Lukewarmness in the Bible. Found in the gospel of Matthew, this New Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.

Related Verses

• Revelation 2:4

  “Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.”

• Revelation 3:16

  “So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”

• Revelation 3:15

  “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.”

• Hosea 6:4

  “O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.”

• Jeremiah 2:13

  “For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”

How to Apply Matthew 24:12

Meditate on Matthew 24:12 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of Coldness in the Bible applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.