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Faithfulness To Christ’s Church
SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2010
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I receive a steady barrage of incoming mail from religious hucksters peddling their gimmicks promising to increase the faithfulness of church members in attendance and offerings. Some employ innovations such as drama and dance which make services more appealing to the flesh. Some employ campaigns with lofty goals designed to excite members to attend and give. Some employ contests with awards such as lapel-pins and certificates and trophies. Some employ guilt-trips.

I reprobate all their gimmicks. They are perfectly suited for the synagogue of Satan. They have no place in the church of Christ.

Saints attend the worship services of their church because they love Christ. They therefore desire at every opportunity to corporately worship Christ, hear the gospel of Christ, and fellowship with the saints of Christ. The frequency with which they attend will be a fair indication of how much they desire to learn of Christ and fellowship with His saints. They will not be “forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some” (Hebrews 10:25). Those who do not attend, apart from providential hindrance, are evidencing by their absence that they would rather be present somewhere else, be doing something else, be with someone else.

Saints present their offerings to their church because they love Christ. They therefore contribute to the maintenance of His ministers (1 Corinthians 9:1‑14; 1 Timothy 5:17f; Philippians 4:10) and to the aid of His needy ones (1 Corinthians 16:1‑3; 2 Corinthians 9; Romans 16:25‑27). The degree to which they give will be a fair indication of how abundantly they feel the Lord has prospered them (1 Corinthians 16:2), and of how much they hope He will further prosper them (1 Corinthians 9:6). They will present their offerings “not grudgingly or of necessity [they therefore are not mere tithers]; for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7), whether rich (1 Timothy 6:17‑19) or poor (Luke 21:1‑4). Those who do not give are evidencing thereby their lack of thankfulness to Christ for His bounty to themselves, and their lack of concern for the furtherance of His gospel.

Are you faithful to Christ and His church?



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