Death Row!

Luke 24: 5

"Why do you look for the living among the dead?”

 

Church attendance statistics  for the United States, suggest that only 18% of all people in this country, attend church on a regular basis.

Most U.S. Pastors say, that nearly 60% of registered church members, are inactive. So are we really one nation under God?

 

Yet if we polled those same people, most would say they’re going to heaven when they die.

So, something just doesn’t seem to add up.

 

British Pastor Leonard Ravenhill is quoted as saying…

“Someone asked me, “Do you pray for the dead?” I said, “No, I preach to them!” I think every pew in every church is death row.

Think about that! They’re dead! They sing about God; they talk about God, but they’re dead! They have no living relationship (with God).”

 

And yet as I write these words, I’m convinced that some people will be offended by these remarks that I offer today.

But maybe it’s not the message at all, but the facts that keep people harboring offenses.

Maybe the truth would actually set us free, if we repented and became alive again.

 

The role of a Pastor/Preacher, is to sound the alarm of warning.

The church that’s supposed to be leading/inviting people to faith in Christ, currently has dreadful success in numbers—not that church is a numbers game.

 

Could the church be dead today?

Do we sing about God—and talk about God—and know all the popular Christian lingo, but in the end, is there real fruit being produced?

I’ll let you answer that question on your own.

 

One thing’s for sure—all of this will be sorted out when Jesus returns.

Maybe we should turn our offensive energy, into Kingdom fruit instead