We must restore proper reverence for God and His churches.”

— Minister Clark

CHURCH AS A PUBLIC SERVICE

is how God’s holy thing has descended in the minds of American Christians and the American public. We must restore proper reverence for God and his churches. You can recognize in your own heart an attitude of Church as a Public Service  — CaaS — offered to appease my preferences. Recognize it by common statements and questions you make or hear others make. The questionnaire statements and questions, below, help us investigate where we are to see if we have been caught into a despising or haughty attitude which has developed in the world toward God’s church?

Examine your true thoughts about “church”.

See if you have come to think of it as being a public service that you are “entitled” to …

instead of a holy thing created by Jesus Christ for intimate fellowship with Him and repented persons like yourself.

Church As A Public Service – Questionnaire

 CaaS Part 3

Certain statements and questions reveal a smug and haughty attitude we’ve developed toward  God, His preachers and other spiritual authorities over the church, and the Church itself as a public service. We can know what we think by what comes out of the mouth – Luke 6:45.

• Do we ask “WHERE” is your church when speaking with a Christian instead of “what” is Jesus Christ saying to the people? Jesus and the first Christians did not.

• Do we ask “where” is your church as if we have entitlement to hop in a car or other transportation and just go walk in? Jesus and the first Christians did not.

• Do we ask “how many members do you have there” as if shopping by crowdsourcing. Jesus and the first Christians did not.

• Do we review and seek Google, Yelp, and other reviews for God’s holy thing called church like we do for a business that “served” us well or did not? Jesus and the first Christians did not.

• Do we “market” and advertise church like it’s a business seeking to draw customers? i.e. Do we “advertise” our church rather than spend our time “preaching everywhere repentance and obedience” to Jesus Christ?  Are we seeking to promote our church versus Jesus? The first Christians refused to proclaim anything but Jesus and turned the world upside down!

• Do we preach, teach and promote the Savior JESUS at all — or proclaim “issues” our church has politized around. Do we build our own club of persons with “like-mind”? Jesus and the first Christians did not.

• Do we “market” our church as you would market business services by “selling” all the products and features offered in our church? Jesus and the first Christians did not. Do we sell church with gimmicks  … to enjoy activities, restaurants, coffee stands, concerts, etc. versus hunger to come hear JESUS and experience His miracle power? Jesus and the first Christians did not.

• Do we ask “when is your next service” or “where is your next service” because we assume having a right to enter and an expected welcome? JESUS and the first Christians had no such attitude.

• If there were no concerts, praise and worship teams, choirs, restaurants, coffee stands, club activities would we STILL BE INTERESTED TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN REVERENCE FOR GOD? Jesus and the first Christians did NONE OF THOSE THINGS … but turned the world from Satan to holiness.

• Do we dress for job interviews with more respect and contemplation than preparing to come before Holy God? Do we demand to dress any kind of way in church, even showing nakedness — and with less respect and holy fear of God than we do for earthly kings, magistrates, and employers? Do we despise Holy God by thinking”God doesn’t care how I dress. He only cares about my heart”

• Think of other ways we consider Church As A Service for the public. Make the change to restore reverence for God and for His holy thing called “church”.

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The Lord Jesus has asked me to make myself available to pastors for helping to strengthen you and the brethren through teaching sessions and preaching events. It doesn’t matter which Christian denomination you are in if your quest is to know Him more and move in union with Holy Spirit. Please, call or email to discuss. There is MUCH Jesus is saying to our generation in the churches. If God confirms to you, we can schedule a private or preaching meeting.

— Jesus’!love to you,

Minister