APATHY: N: Lack of emotion or interest: disinterest, impassivity, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, insensibility.
Have you heard about The Church of Apathy? If you don't want to identify with any specific religion or take on any life commitment, yet you are not comfortable with atheism or agnosticism, you may find your place in The Church of Apathy. You would be called an Apathists. The founders of this church thought about it for several years before actually doing anything. They looked for a location, but decided it was too much trouble, so embraced the concept of not meeting. Their next step was to find a minister, but nobody really wanted to look for one. Besides, they were having trouble finding somebody who cared about not caring. Finally, they decided to adopt a creed: Who knows? Who cares? We certainly don't; we're Apathists!
Apathy makes the Lord sick.
Revelations 3 : 14-16 – 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Unbelief is the basis of apathy.
Hebrews 3 : 12 - Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief…
Paul reminds us that we are to be steadfast and that our work for the Lord is never in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58 - Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Ingratitude is the fuel of apathy.
Paul describes the behavior of sin in terms of people who knew God in some superficial way, but did not glorify Him as God, nor were they thankful.
Romans 1 : 21 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Inaction is the behavior of apathy.
If you do not care, you do not act! All through the book of Acts, the saints who carried on the work of the Lord were those who believed, who cared, who loved. Inaction and lack of initiative is evidence of apathy.
Indifference is the attitude of apathy. Attitudes are hard to hide. If you don't care about the things of God, it is hard to conceal that. If you are unconcerned about the lost, that will be seen in your inaction toward them.
Silence is the language of apathy.
If you don't care, you probably will not say anything. As a preacher I have observed this. When you preach the truth and people say nothing, you cannot assume they agree. It is possible they don't care.
Satan is wily!
He doesn't come up to folks and invite them into the slime pits. He just lulls them into indifference (apathy).. There are people dying and going to Hell everyday and they need to hear about Jesus! Our job is to go tell them!!
God Bless - Pastor Mike