Keep the church business in the church
We see the numbers on Sunday morning when the majority of the world attends, yet when the few faithful show up Sunday Night and Wednesday night we get down because the excitement, the crowds do not show, yet that is precisely the time to be there for that is when the Spirit is there, that is when you need it most. That is where you energies should be focused.
We have completely altered the purpose of the church. To our own detriment. It was never intended to be a House for the Lost it is a home for the church family.
It is a safe haven, a sanctuary, a family gathering place.
Way back when in the First church, the Apostle Paul expected the church Family to have nothing to do with the world’s system. Yes we are to work in it, yes we are to live there, sleep there, eat there but we are not to dwell there, not to abide there and not become a part of.
We are to come out from among them and be separate.
The Church is for the Christian, a place to meet and Worship. A place to gather and fellowship, it is to be your life after the workday, on the day off. +
The first church was so eager to talk of Jesus to meet and live for Him, they went from house to house as a body worshipping the Lord.
Paul is so dedicated to the notion of the church being THE place for the Christian that he even thinks you need to bring your disagreements there. Your disputes are to be solved there.
1Co 6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
Do any of you in the church having an issue with another, as a child of God, dare to go to the world’s courts? We are to be judged by the saints, those in Christ who can see the matter from a sanctified state. We are not to quarrel in the world, we are not to take our issues out amongst the world.
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