Are you faithful in attendance, in giving, in serving others? Would the services be well attended or would the pews be empty? Would there be plenty of money for ministry or would the church be in foreclosure? Would the needs of fellow members be met or ignored and overlooked? What kind of church would we have if every member were just like you?
Would there be so much participation in praise and worship that the atmosphere would be life changing to us and inviting to the presence of God? Or would we look like the First Church of the Frigidaire? Or the gathering of the Frozen Chosen? Would the church be full of dedicated workers serving with their whole heart? Or would we have more spectators than participators?
Would the attitude of our church be one of grace, mercy, humility and love? Or one of self- righteousness, pride and complacency? How about a personal relationship with God? Would our church be filled with people passionately seeking God with it being evident in their daily lives? Or people who are indifferent, complacent and pursue Him as a matter of convenience?
Please consider this. We are the church. The church is us. In Matthew 23:15, Jesus told the Pharisees that they produced converts twice as bad as they were. There’s no getting around this. WE PRODUCE WHAT WE ARE! Seed bears after its own kind. If we want our church to be better, then we must be better. There’s only one way to change our church. CHANGE US! Our church is what we are. Our church will become what we become. Let’s be able to answer positively and confidently to this question.
What if every church member was just like me?
