Make the Church Great Again Sermon

Anyone who is watching the political stage this year has had an opportunity to look at the actors.  A determination has now been made and there are at present 2 candidates with polar reverse visions for The Usa.  My purpose is not to delve into which candidate is amend suited equally I will permit the voters to choose.  Please retrieve no affair who you lot choose that it will fulfill God's design.  He is the 1 that raises up, and brings downward nations still today.  So pray near your choice, if your person wins, praise God, if your person loses, praise God, because He is in control.  The 2 themes are "Nosotros are stronger Together" and "Brand America Keen Again".  Both are groovy themes.  I like them both, so I want to "borrow" some of the words.  Please annotation I am giving credit where credit is due.  Today I want to infringe from Mr. Trump's slogan, and side by side week I will borrow from Mrs. Clinton's theme.

Today your humble scribe wants to write almost, "Make the Church Bang-up Once more".  Some will debate that the Church is already swell, after all it is the blood bought church of Christ, He makes the church slap-up.  I desire to look not at the church equally having reached perfection, because we take non.  How exercise I know this?  Because I am non perfect…come closer I have a secret for y'all, I will whisper information technology now so no one else will know…you are not perfect either.  Grinning it isn't that bad.  I want to focus even smaller.  I want to talk about the lack of growth in the Lord'southward Church building.  Too be off-white, the Church is growing in parts of the world, then this writer will confine his thoughts to the Church in the USA.

No i tin can deny that the Church flare-up onto the scene on the day of Pentecost perhaps 29 AD (Most scholars admit a mistake in the Calendar).  On that glorious day 3,000 souls were saved after obeying the Gospel of Jesus as it was preached by the twelve.  Both the Apostles, and those 3 thousand souls obeyed the last command Jesus gave while He was still on this Earth (Matthew 28:18-20; Marker 16:xv-16; Luke 24:45-49).  The Apostles did preach the Gospel, the hearers believed, repented and were baptized having their sins done away, and God added them to the family unit of God as they were born of the water and the spirit. Equally we read through the Book of Acts we thrill at all the conversions that took place.  People were excited about Jesus, they were thrilled that their sins were forgiven and they shared their blessing from house to house concerning this one called Jesus.  The consequence was that the metropolis was on fire, tens of thousands obeyed the Gospel of Jesus.  Dissimilarity that with today.

The church building not just does not have additions daily, they are not happening weekly, nor monthly as a whole.  In fact the recent 21st Century Directory points out we are loosing people.  The numbers suggest we have lost 165,000 since 1990.  Do the math, not just is the church not adding daily, but the church in the United states is losing 17.39 people every day, that is over 6300 souls every year.

People are perplexed about the refuse of America, and how nosotros have lost the culture war.  It is because we have retreated into the bunkers of condolement.  We requite speeches from the relative safety of our pulpits, simply practice we inspire the church to be bang-up? Can you sense an excitement almost Jesus?  Do we preach the Word solar day in and day out?  Where is the excitement among Christians that our sins accept been forgiven?  Are we sharing the Gospel of Jesus?  Accept we ignited the flame within the hearts of our fellow Christians to take up their crosses to follow Jesus?  Let's make the Church building Great Again.

In one case the Church was the merely church building, let'south enthusiastically work toward that goal of all being 1.  One time the Church was the change amanuensis within empires to change the civilization, let's brand that commitment.  In one case the Church was the fastest growing church building in the USA, let'southward pick up the gauntlet, let us no longer seek to maintain mediocrity, let us instead dare to be great.  Throw away the tired and worn excuses.  Open up the door of possibilities and dream not of what once was, not of what might have been, but of what volition exist, what shall be done in the name of Jesus to conquer a divisive, decaying, dying world.  Do y'all want to make a difference?  Preach the Discussion similar you mean it.  The church building cannot be inspired by boring presentations of sermons.  Get excited virtually Jesus, and so the Church building will be excited.  Be enthusiastic in your delivery, God has given you a precious gift share information technology with those y'all love.

Steven Webb, evangelist

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I accept xxx-five years experience in preaching God's give-and-take. In 1980 I was introduced to a love Brother, Lyle Pomeroy who has gone home to exist with the Lord many years agone. Brother Pomeroy had gone to Rhodisia in the early 1960'south every bit a self funded missionary, He and his wife Thelma labored there through a revolution and a name change to Zimbabwe. I was inspired by this man and his married woman and adamant that I too desired to become into the mission field and so here I am in Thailand. View all posts by MissionThailand

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