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Old 05-09-2018, 06:20 PM   #227
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Default Re: Poor, poor Christianity...

Large churches are filled with many unconverted carnal people because pastors use carnal means (as Drake has shown) to attract people and have dumbed down the gospel, not preaching the true gospel. As we saw in Drake's example, a church swelling from 50 to 900 people is not genuine growth, but such rapid growth is possible through the use of gimmicks or worldliness. Anyone involved in evangelism knows that genuine growth does not happen so fast.

If carnal methods are used to attract people this will attract carnal men. For them the church becomes a place to find purpose and meaning in their life which most people seek, and they may be given some role or responsibility by the pastor to give them a sense of contribution to the group and keep them interested. But there is a small group of converted people in every large church, all they want is Christ, but the pastor caters to the larger group of unconverted people through worldly entertainment and lets the sheep starve to death.

Personally I distinguish between the larger gatherings of unconverted ones and the pastor who leads them and the genuine believers in the church. Anything shown e.g. Beyonce happening in the church is clearly from or catered to the unconverted ones.

If we do not speak out against it for fear of offending or hurting the small group of converted ones in the church (the "broad brush" as it is called) I am afraid that we are being just like the pastor catering to the majority unconverted. The Bible itself is not afraid of the "broad brush" in calling Babylon for what it is, even though a number of believers reside in her. To them, the Bible says to "come out", not try and fix things from within. A number of believers continue to fellowship in Babylon and perhaps with some ego think they are somehow improving or helping the situation by being there, when in reality they are only harming themselves and furthering the cause of Babylon.
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