Post by Les Brewer on Mar 5, 2022 21:46:12 GMT
The True Measure of an Authentic Church - Ephesians 4:7-10
We come again to the Word of God and to Ephesians chapter 4. Ephesians has been a foundational letter for the church in every age since the New Testament time in which it was written, and so we have spent a number of months going through this very, very important letter from the apostle Paul, not only to the church at Ephesus but to every church throughout the history of the church in the world. So much here is vital for us to understand. And we come now to verses 7 to 16, verses 7 to 16 in the fourth chapter.
My curiosity drove me to do a little bit of study to try to find out what the contemporary evangelical church says are the measures of a church’s success. And so I read through a lot of material, and I basically came up with the following lists that are offered as measures of a church’s success. Things like this: the ability to grab attention; provision of entertaining experiences; money to fund projects and events; large, well-equipped facilities; creative, innovative programs; attractive media; cultural influence; large crowds. By then I was crying for mercy. Those have nothing to do with the measure of a church, and yet they are offered to this generation.
Please click on this next link to continue reading the sermon or scroll down for the recorded message. - www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/49-19/the-true-measure-of-an-authentic-church
We come again to the Word of God and to Ephesians chapter 4. Ephesians has been a foundational letter for the church in every age since the New Testament time in which it was written, and so we have spent a number of months going through this very, very important letter from the apostle Paul, not only to the church at Ephesus but to every church throughout the history of the church in the world. So much here is vital for us to understand. And we come now to verses 7 to 16, verses 7 to 16 in the fourth chapter.
My curiosity drove me to do a little bit of study to try to find out what the contemporary evangelical church says are the measures of a church’s success. And so I read through a lot of material, and I basically came up with the following lists that are offered as measures of a church’s success. Things like this: the ability to grab attention; provision of entertaining experiences; money to fund projects and events; large, well-equipped facilities; creative, innovative programs; attractive media; cultural influence; large crowds. By then I was crying for mercy. Those have nothing to do with the measure of a church, and yet they are offered to this generation.
Please click on this next link to continue reading the sermon or scroll down for the recorded message. - www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/49-19/the-true-measure-of-an-authentic-church
