Subject: How to "win the world" ? |
Bible Note: I have to agree with your overall sentiment. The church on a national scale is definitely introducing too much stuff from the world to make it more attractive. As I mentioned in earlier posts, we need to let the beauty and simplicity of God's Word and His patterns therein come out in our worship assemblies. We need to do everything we can to make sure that God, His Son and the Holy Spirit get all the glory. Too much of the time, we humans want to jazz up the worship to satisfy our lust for a truly fabulous worship service and what really happens is that people, especially visitors new to the area get distracted by all these extras. So, as with all things moderation needs to be a key element in our worship and glorying of God. You might notice that church buildings and song books weren't specifically taught or prescribed by christians in the first century but there's certainly nothing wrong with those aids to our worship. I would be more in favor of seeing all the tremendous funds, time and effort invested instead in studying God's Word and evangelizing the world, putting emphasis on God's love for all mankind. Lastly, the holy standard you mentioned are the patterns we see from our Lord in God's Word, as we see in the book of Acts. Looking forward to your response. God bless. |