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Are You Faithful?
Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 10, 2002 (message contributor)
Summary: We study the tendancy to be unfaithful, and how we need to establish faithfulness.
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ARE YOU FAITHFUL?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.
Kyfingers@aol.com
Perhaps, God wanders today, why some ask for so much yet they are never faithful?
TEXT:
You do err, because you don’t know the Word of
God....
(Mat. 22:29)
Faith comes from hearing the Word of God...
(Rom. 10:17)
Psa. 119:11 Thy WORD have I hid in mine heart, that
I might not sin against God.
Psa. 122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, LET US
GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
Today, I ponder --- Why should I attend church?
Today, we hear may opinions about church attendance
and if it is mandatory? How sad, when the work of
God is --
"DO I HAVE TO... ?"
We usually say I feel ...?
Or I think ...?
Or Momma said ...?
I am amazed at the many opinions that do not
consider what God says...!
Or what the Bible says ...!!!
Contrary to popular opinion, the Bible is truth and all else becomes lies or deceit.
Sunday School is so optional, that many churches are
deleting Sunday school, just as one would deletes
emails from the computer.
People being unfaithful control the tone?
S.S. develops learning opportunities, with a chance of building better relationships with other people and families.
Sunday School then opens opportunities to build
support structures to reinforce Godliness.
S.S. helps minister by age groups and thus train for
future ministry.
I sometimes cry, when I think of the verse,
You do err, because you don’t know the Word of
God....
(Mat. 22:29)
If our enemy can keep us weak in the Word, we will be weak in our works, and weak in Faith. If we are unfaithful our growth will always be limited.
Faith comes from hearing the Word of God...
(Rom. 10:17)
So our enemy wants you to avoid every opportunity
that you can or where you will be ministered to ...,
or to minister to others.
How did David quit sinning and become a man after God’s own heart? David please tell us.
Psa. 119:11 Thy WORD have I hid in mine heart, that
I might not sin against God.
Psa.109:4 ...But I give myself to prayer.
Psa. 122:1 I was glad when they said unto me,
LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
DAVID ESTABLISHED A PRIORITY SYSTEM.
If you become what God has planned for you, you must
follow these same steps.
The Word, consistent PRAYER LIFE, and FAITHFULNESS TO THE LOCAL BODY will build better people and a better community.
We don’t use people to build better churches,
we use the church to build better people.
WE HAVE TO MANY "GRASSHOPPER PROPHETS" TODAY.
We have to many unfaithful people jumping from here
to there, with no root structure, that want to tell
the faithful what is wrong, and where to get off.
My Bible says, 1 Cor. 4:2 Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man (woman) be found faithful.
I have had evangelist, singers and District Officials come to sing and preach.
We put them in a motel, so they would be close to
the church, and they skip Sunday School to "PRAY?"
They are teaching my people a bad lesson, that
Sunday School is not important.
I will tell you now, I get up earlier and study and
pray before S.S.
I vote for S.S. by attending.
Your presence will be a VOTE on how important you
think Sunday School Attendance really is. ???
How do you cast you VOTE?
Don’t tell others, SHOW THEM.
Pastor’s are afraid to speak, and thus compromise
the power of the Gospel.
We say I would rather have a morning glory than no
glory? Well, this is true, but we need
to stress the importance of learning and coming
together.
Leaders that are poor examples should repent and
correct this bad behavior.
How about Psa.55:14, We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God together?
WHAT YOU VALUE YOU WILL FIND TIME FOR? ???????????????
#1 ATTENDING CHURCH HONORS GOD.
When we gather together, we pay homage, love, and
respect to the Most High and the Most Holy.
Faithfulness to church is the best witness you can
give to the community and your family!
God deserves to be PRAISE in public worship.
There is something special when groups get together,
come expecting, hear the WORD and then act upon
theWord.
Two can do more than one, 100 more than 10.
By absenting ourselves from collective worship, we
speak volumes.
Can the Pastor count on you?
How many in a terrible battle today, could have been
delivered Sunday or Wednesday.
The powerful Word of God was delivered, and many
missed it.
Look at all Thomas missed by avoiding assembling
together.
His doubt came as a results of a low priority of