Monday, June 22, 2009

Leodecia a celebration church

I have noticed over the years how the churches have slowly morphed into a celebration church. WE celebrate everything on the sabbath .. I mean everything .. Valentines,Christmas,Birthdays,Fathers day and Mothers day, the works...
Before you label me as a scrooge hear me out on this one..
I wonder if God is pleased with this.. As good as it is and i insist we must show our appreciation for all our members in the church . Such is the flavor of a loving church..
Its noticeable somehow that some of these celebrations go overboard and counter to the meaning of worship.
What is worship about?
Who are we worshiping ?
In all the above mentioned celebrations. I have noticed gradually the shift moving away from God The Creator on the sabbath during these sessions... The focus shifts from the One sustainer. the giver of life , the protector . and the divine
of which Moses describe as all merciful all loving just by a passing glimpse... The one whose face Jesus told EG white we cannot look at an live..
I wonder if we understand the God who can make us mortal man disintegrate like specks of dust at a thought.
What is man that man art mindful of him or the son of man that thou visitest Him.
Is this the same God whom Cherubims bow hiding their faces .
Is this the same God that angels bow in his presence saying Holy Holy Holy.
So not that we celebrate almost anything on the Sabbath ,having our own pleasure the praise and attentions goes to whom? Its not to God its to man...
Some may say well we praise God and appreciate the people in the congregation.. .I have not seen this in The gospel Matthew Mark Luke or John or for that matter anywhere in the Bible..

Are we running a social club ? Have the church lost its focus in trying to be more "entertaining"
Where is the Sabbath school study time..
Most times the lesson is hurried on and Superintendents ring bells buzzers whistles to curtail over-extensions of the enthusiasm generated in Sabbath school lesson Study..

I prayer that programing has not taken presidents over feeding the flock..
Ellen white says character is not developed in a crisis. Preparations for trouble times must be done way in advance. Sabbath school is the collective time to do so via arming ourselves with Word..
Will we be able to stand in the time of trouble.. Or is the time a trouble a long way off maybe not in me and your lifetime..
Lord help us to see the light..
Help us to stay focus.

royalblood

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