OPEN MINDEDLY FOOLISH! The Folly Of Modernism and 'Trendy' Trends Part 5
Numbers!
There's a fever in town! A fever that's called numbers; and it seems to be catching on fast! We are packing our churches to their maximum capacities and while there's nothing wrong with that, here's the real problem: When our focus is on numbers we begin to shift our focus from Jesus Christ; When we shift our focus from Jesus Christ, we then start to appease our numbers!
It is then that we begin to peg our large numbers on the 'powerful and mighty' minister of God, our well endowed (with voice) and fabulously dressed worship team, our ultra modern church building, our successful church programmes, our ministry's ability to attract the who's who of society, etc. A church that has numbers yet the membership hardly has a personal relationship with God, is just what the devil is rooting for. We need to shift focus to Jesus!
There's a fever in town! A fever that's called numbers; and it seems to be catching on fast! We are packing our churches to their maximum capacities and while there's nothing wrong with that, here's the real problem: When our focus is on numbers we begin to shift our focus from Jesus Christ; When we shift our focus from Jesus Christ, we then start to appease our numbers!
It is then that we begin to peg our large numbers on the 'powerful and mighty' minister of God, our well endowed (with voice) and fabulously dressed worship team, our ultra modern church building, our successful church programmes, our ministry's ability to attract the who's who of society, etc. A church that has numbers yet the membership hardly has a personal relationship with God, is just what the devil is rooting for. We need to shift focus to Jesus!
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