IT SEEMS THAT AMERICA HAS GIVEN UP ON GOD. CHURCHES ARE CLOSING, PASTORS ARE LEAVING THEIR CHURCHES AND LAWLESSNESS IS RUNNING WILD.
WHERE DOES IT STOP? IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION WHEN JESUS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA THE MAIN THEME WAS FOR THE CHURCH TO REPENT OR SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE ONLY CHURCH GOD DID NOT FIND MUCH FAULT IN WAS THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA. MAYBE IT’S TIME FOR THE CHURCH TO REPENT. WHAT DO I MEAN? I HAVE BEEN IN THIS VALLEY FOR 40 YEARS AND I HAVE SEEN CHURCHES SPLIT AND THEY NEVER SPLIT WHILE HAVING HARMONY IN THE CHURCH. THEY SPLIT BECAUSE THE CHURCH( people) EITHER DON’T LIKE THE PREACHER OR THEY DON’T GET THEIR WAY OR THERE IS IN-FIGHTING, PASTORS HAVE FAMILY’S. THEY HAVE KIDS AND THE KIDS AND THEIR WIVES HEAR ALL KINDS OF STUFF. THEY’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT IT SO THEY HIDE THEIR FEELINGS. IS IT ANY WONDER THAT OVER 5000 PASTORS HAVE QUIT THE MINISTRY? CHRCHES ARE NOT DOING WHAT THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO DO ON SUNDAY MORNING.
MOST PASTORS PREACH FOR TWENTY MINUTES AT ONE MINUTE TO TWELVE THEY ARE SAYING THE LAST PRAY SO EVERYBODY CAN GET HOME AND WATCH THE FOOTBALL GAME OR GO TO WALMART. WELL, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY DO THIS THEY TELL THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU CAN ONLY WORK IN OUR CHURCH UNTIL ONE MINUTE TO TWELVE AND THEN YOU MUST LEAVE. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW SOMEONE TRULY GET SAVED? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME SOMEONE IN THE CHURCH CALLED THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH TO ANOINT THEM AND PRAY FOR THEM THAT THEY MIGHT BE HEALED? COULD IT BE THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH DON’T HAVE ANY FAITH IN THE ELDERS? OR MAYBE THEY DON’T HAVE ANY FAITH IN THE PASTOR! SO THE CHURCH IS REALLY DOING NOTHING LIKE THEY SHOULD.THE CHURCH SHOULD BE A SOUL SAVING PLACE OF WORSHIP WHERE THE BROKEN CAN COME AND GET THEIR HEARTS RIGHT WITH GOD. WHERE DRUG ADDICTS DRUNKARDS AND LOST SOULS CAN COME AND FIND CHRIST. IS THE CHURCH YOUR GOING TO WINNING SOULS? ARE THE BROKEN COMING TO JESUS? ARE YOU SEEING MEN AND WOMEN GET THEIR LIVES BACK IN TUNE WITH THE SAVIOR? OR IS THE CHURCH YOUR GOING TO AN OPEN SEPULCHER? NOW I’M NOT FINDING FAULT I AM SIMPLY ASKING THESE QUESTIANS IN HOPE THAT YOU WILL PRAY MORE. FOR YOUR PASTOR AND HIS FAMILY PRAY MORE FOR YOUR CHURCH.
WHY DO PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH WE SHOULD GO TO CHURCH TO WORSHIP THE LORD BUT DO WE? I HAVE SEEN MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE TURNED THEIR BACKS ON THE CHURCH BECAUSE THEY GOT
THEIR FEELINGS HURT, NOBODY TALKED TO THEM OR SOMEBODY GOT ANGRY AND SAID SOMETHING THAT THEY COULDN’T HANDLE AND THEY QUIT GOING. WHEN I HAD THE MISSION MEN WOULD COME TO THE MISSION AND TELL ME THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HELP ME AND WHEN I QUESTIONED THEM THEY WERE LEAVING THEIR CHURCH BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T GET THEIR WAY OR SOME THING LIKE THAT. I WOULD TELL THEM I DID NOT NEED THEIR HELP. WHY? BECAUSE THEY WOULD END UP CAUSING MORE HARM THEN GOOD. THIS HAPPENS IN THE CHURCH ALSO.
PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH TODAY FOR THE WRONG REASON. WE SHOULD GO TO CHURCH TO WORSHIP THE LORD BUT PEOPLE GO TO GET CLOSE TO SOME ONE WHO MIGHT BUY A HOUSE, OR MIGHT GET THEM A BETTER JOB, OR MIGHT GET THEM A BETTER POSITION SOME WHERE AND THAT IS NOT WHY WE GO TO CHURCH. THE AVERAGE CHURCH RUNS ABOUT 65 TO 70 NOW THERE ARE BIGGER CHURCHES BUT ARE THEY WINNING SOULS TO CHRIST OR IS IT A PROGRAM CHURCH WHERE EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DONE JUST RIGHT?
LETS BRING CHRIST BACK INTO THE CHURCH AND BACK INTO OUR LIVES LETS GET ON FIRE FOR GOD DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY ONE YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH TO SHARE THE GOSPEL? THE PREACHER HAS A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY ONE WHO COMES INTO HIS CHURCH TO PREACH THE TRUTH EVEN IF IT HURTS. SOMETIMES IT DOES. NOW IF HE DOES NOT PREACH WHERE SOULS
CAN GET SAVED. THEIR BLOOD WILL BE ON HIS HANDS. EVERYONE OF US ARE MESSENGERS OF CHRIST IF WE KNOW HIM. IF WE DON’T REACH THE LOST FOR CHRIST THEY WILL END UP IN HELL, AND THEIR BLOOD WILL BE ON OUR HEADS.
I LOVE EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO RECEIVES THIS NEWSLETTER WHETHER YOU DONATE OR NOT. I PRAY THAT GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS AS HE SEES FIT AND THAT HE WILL BRING YOU INTO A HOLY UNION WITH HIM THIS NEW YEAR.
CHRISTCHAPELCLIFTON.ORG
LIGHTHOUSE GOSPEL MINISTRIES
Mesa Point Plaza Unit L
PASTOR@CHRISTCHAPELCLIFTON.ORG
P. O. BOX 3461 – 3210 I70 Buiness Loop
Clifton,CO 81520
(970) 270-6819
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