Doing It God’s Way

All Bible believers are excited about seeing Bible believing and Bible preaching churches being built that glorify this wonderful Savior we serve.

This is sad to say, but all churches being built are not for the glory of God!

Illus: There was a church in Columbia, South Carolina, that was growing faster than any church in the area at one time. In fact, they advertised throughout the city that they were the “Fasting Growing Church” in the city.

What is ironic about this there was another church claiming they were the fasted growing church in the city.

When churches like this advertised they are the fasted growing church in the city they must call up all the churches in the city and ask them about their growth…don’t you reckon!!!

It could be that they mis-handle the truth so lightly they state something even if it is not the truth

This church was growing, whether or not they are the fastest growing in town is debatable.

However, this particular church was growing so fast, they moved out on a busy interstate and bought some very expensive acreage and built a big beautiful church building on this site.

But this church was being built on the wrong kind of foundation. They would do anything to draw a crowd.

For example:

• One Sunday they might have a bunch of clowns

• The next week they would have men parachuting from an airplane to land in the church parking lot

• The next week they would advertise that they were going to have a hundred foot long banana split for the boys and girls to eat

• The next week they would give away a pony

• The next week they would give away a color television set

• The next week they would have someone demonstrating karate

But after they ran out of tricks and began to repeat what they had already done, the crowd began to thin down.

In fact, that large congregation dwindled down to a handful before they had to close the doors. They sold the large church building to a trucking company.

The preacher saw the end coming, so he left town and went to another church and made the same mess there.

It is sad that many of the churches being built today are not being built on the right kind of foundation.

WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY ABOUT BUILDING HIS CHURCH?

Look at Matt. 16:18, "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

The Lord said He would build His church and the church He builds satan could not stop it.

How does the Lord build His church? Does he use all the tricks and gimmicks that many churches today are using.

ABSOLUTLEY NOT!

You see you and I can build a church building so when the Lord talks about building His church He is not talking about a building and man made tricks!!!

When God said He would build His church He is talking about something you can I can not do, He is talking about when the Word if God is preached under the anointing of the Holy Spirit He will work in the heart of man.

You see He will do a work in a man’s heart where believers will have a personal relationship with Him.

That is, when they leave this church building they are conscious:

• He is with them

• He sees what they see

• He reads what they read

• He guides them.

When He does this work in the heart of man that only He can do then THE DEVIL CAN NOT STOP HIS CHURCH!

That is if all the demons in hell is turn loose on this kind of church the gates of hell can not stop this church.

WHAT KIND OF CHURCH PREVAILS OVER SATAN?

The kind that the Lord builds. Such as:

• A church that is always TEACHING about Christ

• A church that is always PREACHING about Christ

• A church that is always SINGING about Christ

• A church that is always GIVING to Christ

• A church that is always WITNESSING about Christ

• A church that is always WORKING for Christ

A church like that is built on the right foundation and will prevail and Satan can’t stop it!

WHY DOES HE SAY HE WILL BUILD HIS CHURCH?

It is because we DO NOT KNOW how to build His Church!

We might know how to build a building, but God’s church is not a building.

This is why the Lord said, “I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH.”

Some folks think they know how, but they do not know the first thing about building His church.