The Two Greatest Dangers in the Church Today

[394 words] In my opinion, the two greatest dangers in the Lord’s church today are that of ignorance and inactivity. Proper knowledge and actions are absolutely essential for a congregation to please the Lord. Consider that… …if a church does not have any biblical knowledge or any activity, then it is dead (or near-dead, anyway). In Revelation 3, the church at Smyrna thought it was alive, but it was dead, or at the very least, ready to die (v.1-2). James 2:26 reminds us, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” To paraphrase, faith without biblical knowledge or proper application is worthless. God warned His people long ago, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). …if a church does have biblical knowledge but has no activity, then it is diminished. The church that is like this is much less…