Remember Who We Are

[291 words] At the beginning, the church’s foremost focus was upon God, not man (Acts 5:29; Galatians 1:10); upon heaven, not earth (Colossians 3:1,2); upon the spirit, not the flesh. (Romans 8:6; 1 Timothy 4:8.) And in spite of severe persecution and constant privations, the church thrived, turning the ancient world “upside down” with the powerful message of the cross. (Acts 14:6.) But times are changing. Many congregations today have more in common with AT&T than with the church of the New Testament. The church in many places seems more concerned with money than with morals, with elders serving more as “board members” than as shepherds of the flock, and with figures, graphs, and demographics taking the place of real, flesh and blood people. And the divinely marked line of demarcation separating the church from the world is being gradually removed by professional, pragmatic, business-minded zealots in the name of…