It seems that we are dealing with more congregants who simply come to worship service to see what new blessing they can receive (materially), as opposed to true worship. It is similar to the attitude of those followers of Jesus in John 6. He says to them: " you seek me,not because you saw the miracles(and believe), but because you ate of the loaves and were filled." The task for the exegetical pastor/preacher is difficult because our members would rather have us tell them what feels good ("I've got a feeling everything's gonna be alright"), as opposed to having the truth of God's word dissected for us that we might become better. Yes, God will and wants to bless us, but He also has called us to live holy, set apart unto Him. We must admit that there is more sinfulness among the body of Christ in this present age than we would ever care to know, much less many would even dare to preach on. Jeremiah 3:15 gives us God's design for ALL called pastors. We must give what He gives to us. Nothing more and certainly nothing less. Many of our church members will perish in hell because of our unwillingness to share with them the TRUTH of God's word.
I am convinced that it is only those persons who don't really care anything about us that will not share the truth with us, no matter how it hurts. Do you care?
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