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Real Growth
Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 9, 2021 (message contributor)
Take note of what JUAN CARLOS ORTEZ penned in “LIVING WITH JESUS TODAY”
WE HAVE A PHENOMENON IN THE CHURCH TODAY WHICH I CALL “ETERNAL BABYHOOD OF THE BELIEVER.”
WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH WHO AFTER YEARS OF HEARING MESSAGES ARE JUST THE SAME.
THEY CONTINUALLY NEED A MINISTER TO KEEP AFTER THEM., CHANGING THEIR DIAPERS, PUTTING TALCUM ON THEM.
CHECKING THAT THEIR MILK IS NOT TO HOT. THE CHURCH SEEMS MORE LIKE A HOSPITAL THAN AN ARMY.
SOMETIMES WE FOOL OURSELVES, BECAUSE WE GROW NUMERICALLY. WE THINK THAT THIS IS GROWTH.
BUT TO GROW IN NUMBERS ALONE IS NOT NECESSARILY SPIRITUAL GROWTH.
CEMETERIES ALSO GROW NUMERICALLY. TO HAVE 100 PEOPLE WITHOUT LOVE,
THEN 200 PEOPLE WITHOUT LOVE IS JUST TO GET FAT.
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