GO TO CHURCH

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. -Beecher

Colossians 3:16, Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Going to church is not just for show. Going to church is for those of us that are not perfect. Going to church is for those who seek to know the Lord better. Going to church is a fundamental thing we can do to make us better servants for the Lord.

What are you doing today that would prevent you from GETTING UP, GETTING READY, and GOING TO CHURCH? If you want a closer walk with the Lord, reevaluate your plans and GO TO CHURCH!

PREACHERS- PREACH

We want new ministers in the pulpit and new people in the pews.  We want people quickened by the Spirit of God. - D.L. Moody

2 Timothy 4:2, Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

            If we want this world to repent and follow the Lord, we must get back to what the Word of God tells us to do. We cannot continue in our lax, lazy Christianity and expect sinners to vote for the principles found in the Bible. We cannot expect sinners to stand for righteousness. We must get back to preaching Jesus Christ; death, burial, and resurrection— conquering death, hell and the grave. We must preach— His blood. We must preach—His Book. We must preach—His Second Coming.

            That’s what the preacher must do but there is a responsibility for those in the pews as well. They must GET UP, GET READY, and GO hear the message God has prepared in the hearts of His preachers! Then and only then will we see a difference in the world we live in. Then and only then will we see a turning back to the God of the Bible.   

            So, preachers—preach! People in the pews—get up and go! And let’s make a difference in the world we live in!

LISTEN TO THE PREACHER

The best way to revive a church is to build a fire in the pulpit. - D.L. Moody

Romans 10:14, How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

            Many would love for the Bible Believing Preacher whether he be an evangelist, missionary, pastor, or lay preacher to be silent and let sin have it’s way. They do not want to hear the preaching of God’s Word. They do not want to hear the terrible diagnosis of their sin sick state. So many pastors, in fear of losing a tither, preaches something other than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They preach a come as you are leave as you came message. They preach without repentance. They preach a bloodless Gospel. They preach but their message isn’t what you find in the Word of God for a man, woman, boy or girl needs to do in order to be saved from their sin sick state!

            Friend, it says in 1 Corinthians 1:18, For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. Don’t ever think you will be good enough to get into heaven! Without you repenting and trusting Jesus Christ as Saviour, you will only be headed to a Devils hell. So do your family and friends a huge favor, listen to the preacher!

WHO TOLD YOU?

Though we live in a reading age and in a reading community, yet the preaching of the gospel is the form in which human agency has been and still is most efficaciously employed for the spiritual improvement of men.  --Daniel Webster

Romans 10:13-15, For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Thank God for the Preacher! I thank God for the preacher that preaches God’s Word! I thank God for the preachers that lives God’s Word! I thank God for the preachers that stand behind the pulpit and the ones that preach with their lives! Whoever told you about Jesus spoke the Words of Life into your ears! Do you know the day you trusted Jesus Christ as your Saviour you became a preacher as well? Who have you told about Him? Who will you tell the greatest story ever told?

BE PREACHING

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.- Richard Whately

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. Acts 4:20

How can someone that has never been touched by God’s Amazing grace speak of something they know not of? They can’t! You can’t be a witness of something you haven’t seen, tasted, heard, or felt! When the good Grace of God reaches down and pulls us out of the miry clay, saving our wretched soul from hell, we have something to speak of! We then have something to say! If we don’t speak of what He has done… maybe we haven’t been touched after all! If we don’t proclaim and praise God, Jesus said, “I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” So be preaching of what Jesus has done for you!

PREACHING WILL HAPPEN BEFORE REVIVAL COMES

            Though we live in a reading age and in a reading community, yet the preaching of the gospel is the form in which human agency has been and still is most efficaciously employed for the spiritual improvement of men.  --Daniel Webster

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10

            Programs, programs, get your programs right here! That’s what it seems like in today’s churches. But what did the early church center the ministry around? It wasn’t programs, popular plays, or even pretty buildings; it was the preaching of God’s Word. We see preaching in the book of Acts time and time again; Acts 8:4, 8:12, 10:36, 11:20, and many more. It’s what Peter did and what God used to save more than 3,000 in Acts 2. And it’s what He will use today if we are going to see revival!

How do you feel about preaching? In order to have revival in your heart, your home, in your church there must be the preaching of God’s Word. Don’t forsake what God loves and is pleased with!

 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.—1 Corinthians 1:21

MAKE CHURCH A PRIORITY!

The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church, someone has said, is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the telephone and spending an evening with her. -Moody

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalm 42:1

There is no substitute for the preaching of God’s Word! You cannot replace it with schooling, fellowships, plays, skits, or musical programs. The only thing that will satisfy that longing in your heart is to hear a man of God, filled with the Spirit of God, preaching the Word of God! So… GET UP, GET READY, and GO TO CHURCH this morning!

PRIDE FAILS…PREACHING PREVAILS

When a proud man thinks best of himself, then God and man think worst of him. –Smith

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18

If there is one area anyone having any type of success in life needs to beware of is in this area of pride. We need to be reminded that without the Lord’s grace and mercy extended to us we would not even be able tie our own shoes!

We deserve hell but Jesus is the way to Heaven and has made Himself available to all. We deserved death but in Jesus is life and He has offered Himself to all. We believe man's lies but He is the Truth and has made Himself available to all. We don’t deserve the oxygen we breathe and we take it for granted but God freely gives it so those that are lost might come to Him and those that are saved might use that oxygen to breathe His name in praise, prayer, and propagation of the Gospel!

DON’T MISS OUT!

The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church, someone has said, is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the telephone and spending an evening with her. -Moody

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18

If you knew you would get a raise if you worked every day for the next month, you would be at work early every day. Yet, there is a 100% guarantee that God will grow your faith through the preaching of His Word and you neglect it. Paul Chappell said, “What if the sermon you deliberately missed was meant to change your entire life for the better?”

Child of God, GET UP, GET READY, and GO TO CHURCH! Not just today but every time the doors are open!

GET UP, GET READY, and GO TO CHURCH!

Not all churches are leading people to God, some are leading people straight to hell because they are not preaching the Good News of The Gospel!

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 1 Corinthians 1:23-24

      If you attend a church this morning that doesn’t preach Jesus Christ came seeking sinners, don’t go back to it. It you go to a church this morning that doesn’t tell you of your sin, don’t go back to it. If you go to a church this morning that doesn’t tell you what the answer for your sin is, don’t go back to it.

      But, if you go to a church this morning where the preacher stands behind the pulpit and tells you; you’re a great sinner in need of a great Saviour and that Jesus is a great Saviour that saves great sinners…stick with that church!