20/08/2021
I don't invite men to church
I invite to Jesus, and when
they've come to Jesus, then to church 🥰 I know this is controversial.. Sinners and unregenerated men are not to be in the church.
The church should include members who are SAVED already. You don't preach salvation to unbelievers in the church, but rather preach spiritual growth to the saved ones.
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. *AND THE LORD ADDED TO THEIR NUMBER DAILY THOSE WHO WERE BEING SAVED.*
Acts 2:47 NIV
I know it is a slow route to increasing numbers of members in the church nowadays,, but the only legal door into the church is the gospel, the blood of Jesus Christ Is dripping ceaselessly from the top of this door and all who passes through this door are sanctified. If only we can take evangelism as the only way to increase our church members, how much more men would be saved today!
I met someone close to my house at school and she noticed I am new to the environment. The first thing she asked is which church i attend. I even thought she was about to the work of evangelism, but however, was trying to make me a member of her church. I could see the zeal and seriousness in her without caring to know if I'm saved or not! If only this energy, this zeal, this seriousness, this alertness can be channelled into preaching the gospel, how much more souls would be saved!
All the doors devised by men today to increase the numbers in the church are not biblical, doors of victory over enemy battle, like prosperity and wealth, like healing and miracles. Yes! Healing and miracles! The bible didn't say those that were healed were added to the church, but those that are _saved_. The miracle and healing is an opportunity to preach the gospel when performed among unbelievers. We should use the chance to spread the gospel and win souls not just to spread the name of our church.
The way of evangelism was the original way before the devil raised modern pastors who turned the church to an attractive place for sinners - a place where we celebrate youth, men, women and harvest anniversaries - replacing the dull teachings and doctrines of seminars.
The church would be so dull to the unbelievers if there are no such activities! I didn't see the church at Antioch or Ephesus or Galatia though foolish or the carnal Corinthians church doing these. It is a place of prayer and teaching! Those two things are the primary assignments of the church to the members! The churches using the other ways into their churches other than that of evangelism soon started booming, and the genuine churches compromised and thought their way is too slow and old. So they joined the ongoing trend and copied them. See what Romans 12:2 says 👉🏼
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2 NIV
The church copied the false churches raised and anointed by the devil and soon started growing cold, no wonder Jesus said the love of many will grow cold. That is how there is competition between churches nowadays on how booming the anniversaries are, not on how much souls are saved. There is competition on how many cars are packed in front of the church and not on how much spiritual growth is reflecting in its members. How pitiable the condition is. Before we knew it, the sinners are made elders so that they won't leave the church. They were added to the choir, singing according to the patterns of the world and bringing worldly dances into the church. The truth was soon twisted during teachings such as not to annoy the new members.
For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 NIV
When the old men of Israel saw the new temple, they were weeping 😭 because they know how it was compared to old one. The few ones standing on the truth are mourning the present condition of many churches, whereas the others were happy and rejoicing.
When we say we go for evangelism, what we go to do is to share the printout of our church programmes, of the seven days power packed programme we have in church. I have seen men go out in multitudes just to do what doesn't shake the kingdom of hell a bit.
Where is the message of the gospel? 😭 what do you think is more important and valuable than souls? 😭 what can you give in exchange of souls? 😭 the devil is willing to trade anything to get souls.
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Penned by Brother David ✍🏽
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