I just finished reading some blogs and it got me thinking. What about the church? What I mean is “what is church?” for the past couple of years I have experience a huge blow to what churches are today. First of all, churches are a group of individuals wanting to know more about God. A church is where people can come to learn and here God’s word. That’s cool and scriptural! A place where we can have fellowship, a place to share our feeling, a place where we know that God loves us; is this correct? All this is good.
“But” the blow is I have learned that the majority of churches have these good qualities but are not open to everyone. For example, there are churches that want only a certain social class, if you are not a person that’s prim and proper; you are not allowed to come, if your opinions don’t agree with certain members, and so on and so forth.
I hear more and more about what churches should do, what programs to use, what not to use. I hear and read about this church is better than that church or this church should be like that church, this church should do this, this church should do that, this church, this church……….
“Enough” This is becoming too much for people to handle.
Instead, why don’t the churches just do it! I mean the church should be reaching the lost. That is “LOST” souls!!!! And while doing that not judge where they come from. We have churches more worried about pointing out people sins than telling them about Jesus’ love. Remember, Christ died on the cross while we were still sinners. Not because we should clean ourselves up before we come to him. He died so that we can be forgiving of our sins while we are still sinning and then He can clean us and work on those sins or life style that causes us to sin. Remember the lady coughed in adultery, did Jesus do what the majority where telling Him by stoning her or did he forgive her than instructed her to sin no more?
The common action I’m seeing are churches wants people to admit their faults and stop sinning then come to church to receive Christ, this is not scriptural. Churches are more worried about all the other stuff that makes no difference. There’s nothing wrong with Transition or Contemporary worship, it doesn’t matter what time services start or finish, and everything else that churches are so held-bent to keep the same or change. The only thing matters is how effective are you reaching our community. Reaching the “LOST” and disciplining them to become Christ like!
“But” the blow is I have learned that the majority of churches have these good qualities but are not open to everyone. For example, there are churches that want only a certain social class, if you are not a person that’s prim and proper; you are not allowed to come, if your opinions don’t agree with certain members, and so on and so forth.
I hear more and more about what churches should do, what programs to use, what not to use. I hear and read about this church is better than that church or this church should be like that church, this church should do this, this church should do that, this church, this church……….
“Enough” This is becoming too much for people to handle.
Instead, why don’t the churches just do it! I mean the church should be reaching the lost. That is “LOST” souls!!!! And while doing that not judge where they come from. We have churches more worried about pointing out people sins than telling them about Jesus’ love. Remember, Christ died on the cross while we were still sinners. Not because we should clean ourselves up before we come to him. He died so that we can be forgiving of our sins while we are still sinning and then He can clean us and work on those sins or life style that causes us to sin. Remember the lady coughed in adultery, did Jesus do what the majority where telling Him by stoning her or did he forgive her than instructed her to sin no more?
The common action I’m seeing are churches wants people to admit their faults and stop sinning then come to church to receive Christ, this is not scriptural. Churches are more worried about all the other stuff that makes no difference. There’s nothing wrong with Transition or Contemporary worship, it doesn’t matter what time services start or finish, and everything else that churches are so held-bent to keep the same or change. The only thing matters is how effective are you reaching our community. Reaching the “LOST” and disciplining them to become Christ like!
posted by Jason at
3:14 PM
2 Comments:
i say the church needs to teach and preach as Jesus did and stop worrying about offending someone or making christianity "unattractive". if we truly use the approach Jesus did, we WILL touch people's lives and we WILL be doing it the right way. Christ's way was loving and gentle but clear and uncompromising.
i'm tired of churches that feel they have to be more modern to attract people. i'm a teen (15 yrs old) and i'm NOT attracted by churches like that! they're weak. a strong church is a church that isn't afraid to be different and stand out! anyone can fit in.. it takes guts and courage to be different!
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