Is The Church On The Way Out?
Rev
DL Whittaker, Washington
What
is it that causes the church to lose its ground, and begin to die?
When
we compare the church of today with the church of yesterday, there is almost no
comparison:
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Yesterday, the church was
still preaching, " The Wages Of Sin" …
… Today it would seem all right to sin; and there is
relatively little mention of the consequences.
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Ministers
in the church of yesterday, were expected to be Holy men of God, now…
…
The opposite has come in, and a new age way of thinking has taken over.
If you read the newspapers, you will know what
I am talking about. Alternative lifestyles are taking over the church, and most
of the congregations have little power to do anything about it. It is no wonder
that people are staying out of the church.
Those
who are real Bible-believing Christians can find nothing to hang on to. Shame
on our leaders who get involved with things that are anti-Christian.
The
other thing that has bothered me for a very long time, is the number of pastors
who only hold one service a week, because not many come out at night.
This is wrong. We need not to forsake the assembling of ourselves
together, because the world has made it a lot harder to hang on to the
blessing, and the word.
People
don't think spending time in the word is important, so they don't remember what
was preached the last time they attended church.
Folks,
Christ said: where two or three are gathered in My name, There am I in the midst
of them. That means just what it says. If we are going to be
effective in our communities, we need to get back to the church of the good old
days.
I
know the excuse for so many changes is that the young people won't go to
church if we don't change. Do you know, the only reason that the
youth are the biggest part of the church, is because the church has compromised
its standards?
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Now we have "Christian rock”: I don't believe rock ever was meant to be in
the church.
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Now
we have colored hair of all colors, and rings in more parts of the body than
was ever meant to have, and those things seem to be acceptable.
I
say, that if teaching and preaching the Word, in the church of old didn't kill
me, it certainly will not kill any of you either.
It
is time for the church to evaluate where it is going. “New age” doesn't cut it
with God.
I
know I may upset some. If I have stepped on toes… well, I wish more would do
that. Please forgive me, I just have to speak what I believe is right in these
last days.
Christ
is coming again for a church that is ready. I know I am not perfect and I
pray often for forgiveness, but truth is truth. God is a loving God, but
He also is a Just God. Draw nigh unto Him and He will draw nigh to you.
God
Bless you in your service to him.
Dave
