WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

When we come to worship God on the Lord’s Day, God is to be worshipped. Jesus said, “God is a Spirit; and they that worship Him, must worship Him in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24).

While preaching in Colorado Springs, CO, I received a note concerning a member of the church of Christ that had moved to town. When I went to visit her, she told me that she had been attending a church just down the street because it had such pretty windows! While a building may have many attractive features, none of these should be the real reason for attending church in that place. It takes no stretch of the imagination as to what her eyes and mind were on while she ‘worshipped God’ in that beautiful building! Thinking back on that incident made me think of these lines that I found titled: “What Makes a Great Church” Not soft seats and subdued lights, but strong and courageous leadership. Not the tall towers with chimes and bells, but the lofty vision of the people. Not a big budget, but big hearts. Not the amount of finances received, but the amount of services rendered. Not the large membership, but God’s presence, direction and power. Not what has been done in the past, but what is being done now, and will do tomorrow. and I would like to add one more... Not whether it pleases the people, but whether it stays with the Word of God and pleases Him (1 Tim. 4:1-5), and as the apostle Paul further admonishes in 2 Tim. 4:2-4, “Preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but having itching ears will heap unto themselves teachers after their own lusts; and will turn away their ears from the truth and turn aside unto fables.”

Love you, David V. Fultz