APATHYThe Attitude of

APATHY: What is it?

Apathy - “Lack of feeling or emotion; Lack of interest or concern”

Spiritual Apathy – “Indifference towards what God desires of us.”

The Dangers of Apathy

Causes: ComplacencyStunted Spiritual GrowthWeakened FaithSusceptibility to False DoctrineWeak and Dying CongregationsNeglect of Needy SaintsLack of EvangelismETC..

Worship

John 4:24 – God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

Spirit and Truth Worshipping with the proper attitude (heart).

Worship

Psalm 95:1-7Joy, thanksgiving, humility, praise,

recognition of His power

Romans 12:1Sacrificial

Hebrews 12:28Grateful, reverence and awe

Worship

1 Corinthians 14:26

…When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.

Hebrews 10:24-25

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

1 Corinthians 12:24-26

God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.

A man doesn’t have to tear down a house to destroy it. Instead, he can just fail to maintain it and over time it will crumble.

Evangelism

1 Corinthians 5:15, 2015 and he died for all, that those who live

might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Evangelism James 5:20 - let him know that whoever

brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Are we too apathetic to care?

Evangelism

Romans 10:1

my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

Apathy and the Family

Marital Strife Separation Divorce Weak Fathers/Husbands Parents who fail to teach Children who leave the Lord ETC…

Apathy and the Family

Ephesians 5:22 - Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:25 - Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her…

How can indifferent spouses fulfill these commands?

Apathy and the Family

Proverbs 31:26-28

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. 27 She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.

Apathy and the Family

Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

What He [God] does not want to see in us, and what He will rebuke and discipline (Rev. 3:19), is indifference, apathy, a bored aloofness that neither loves nor hates God, but is unresponsive to His existence. On an operating table, this would be described as a dead body.

But our God is one who raises the dead, and that is what He can, and will, do for us when we lapse into somnambulant lethargy. We are beings created in His own image, a God of feeling and movement and emotion. That is what he would have us be as well.

Eliminating Apathy

Remember Repent (1 John 1:9) Pray (1 John 5:14) Know your purpose

(Matt 5:13-15; 1 Cor. 5:20) Spend time with spiritually minded

Christians (Proverbs 12:26; 13:20) Serve others (Jn. 13:12-14; Acts 20:35) Just do something!