Each one of us has someone we really care about who doesn't know Jesus. And we want them to know Him.
Current teaching often talks about the "value" of being saved but frequently emphasizes the "hows." God has placed the gifts of the Spirit(1Corinthians 9)in the body of Christ to reach the lost and build His body. He has given us the Holy Spirit for boldness and revelation and love(There is more.)But so many wander around wondering what they are supposed to do. Signs and wonders are for the unbeliever. We will never find those people in church because if they wanted to be in church they would most likely be there. These people will be found outside the church.
A friend of mine is a drag racer. (He also does a lot of other work.) He won't see his racing buddies in church. They are at the drag strip...on Sundays. Church does not work for him. Will we be so religious that when someone doesn't show up on Sunday we put them down? What are we thinking? The same Jesus who saved you and I got dissed by the same religious structure. "Healing on Sunday? Sacrilege!" God knows we need to change the way we think about church. My friend loves the Lord and He is embraced the teachings of the Lord to "seek and save the lost." Jude tells us to pluck them from the fires.
I meditate about writing a book that takes the scriptures at their true meanings. Somehow we need to take the religion out of the church. Religion is man's way of reaching God, BUT salvation is God's way of meeting man. We need to back up the train and see what we have missed. People thinking they can sit home and angels are going to evangelize because they are lazy. Do you know that over 80% of the people who come to church come because you and I bring them?
The scripture at the top of this page talks about going out and getting the people who need Jesus. As I watch the ramifications of Katrina and the hurricane activity it is all about Jesus. He is the one these people need. Yes, they need food and supplies and people mumble and complain about the government but the government's job is not to "fix" it. Jesus told the church how to help people.
I want my friend to feel like he belongs to the body of Christ as he chases down people at the dragstrip or has young men helping him out as he works on his racer. Most of his former friends have left him because he spends so little time in church.
The church needs evangelists. The church needs leaders in the church who emphasize the salvation of people above many of the programs they employ. Paul told Timothy to "do the work of an evangelist."
The church over all needs to concentrate on the work that Jesus set before us.
Current teaching often talks about the "value" of being saved but frequently emphasizes the "hows." God has placed the gifts of the Spirit(1Corinthians 9)in the body of Christ to reach the lost and build His body. He has given us the Holy Spirit for boldness and revelation and love(There is more.)But so many wander around wondering what they are supposed to do. Signs and wonders are for the unbeliever. We will never find those people in church because if they wanted to be in church they would most likely be there. These people will be found outside the church.
A friend of mine is a drag racer. (He also does a lot of other work.) He won't see his racing buddies in church. They are at the drag strip...on Sundays. Church does not work for him. Will we be so religious that when someone doesn't show up on Sunday we put them down? What are we thinking? The same Jesus who saved you and I got dissed by the same religious structure. "Healing on Sunday? Sacrilege!" God knows we need to change the way we think about church. My friend loves the Lord and He is embraced the teachings of the Lord to "seek and save the lost." Jude tells us to pluck them from the fires.
I meditate about writing a book that takes the scriptures at their true meanings. Somehow we need to take the religion out of the church. Religion is man's way of reaching God, BUT salvation is God's way of meeting man. We need to back up the train and see what we have missed. People thinking they can sit home and angels are going to evangelize because they are lazy. Do you know that over 80% of the people who come to church come because you and I bring them?
The scripture at the top of this page talks about going out and getting the people who need Jesus. As I watch the ramifications of Katrina and the hurricane activity it is all about Jesus. He is the one these people need. Yes, they need food and supplies and people mumble and complain about the government but the government's job is not to "fix" it. Jesus told the church how to help people.
I want my friend to feel like he belongs to the body of Christ as he chases down people at the dragstrip or has young men helping him out as he works on his racer. Most of his former friends have left him because he spends so little time in church.
The church needs evangelists. The church needs leaders in the church who emphasize the salvation of people above many of the programs they employ. Paul told Timothy to "do the work of an evangelist."
The church over all needs to concentrate on the work that Jesus set before us.
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