Warning Signs Of A Dead Church Series

If you were to stand before God, face to face, what reason would you give him to justify you not being in church? God knows when you cannot go to church for reasons of sickness, or you are hurting whatever it may be, God understands that and so do I. I sure do not want anyone to come to church sick and give it to everyone else.

You see attendance in church is not a job or even a chore but it should be a desire to worship with God in his house.

If you are a parent your kids see that you do not go to church, I remind you they are the leaders of tomorrow. They will be the church of tomorrow if God tarries any longer. Think about that.

Church attendance is only the beginning steps of what is to follow.

If your attendance is faithful as God is faithful to us, what better reward than it is to know we are doing what God ask us to do?

That is my point, God is asking and we are not doing what he ask of us.

I believe when you see attendance in churches fall, I see a church that sooner than later will have unconcerned members and leaders.

Churches are in danger of being dead churches without the complete support of its members.

The fourth sign of a dead church is determined to do nothing about it.

My heart breaks when I hear church members say it’s not my concern or I’m just not interested in helping our church grow or do this or that.

My hope and prayers that every blood bought Christian has that zeal inside of them to do whatever it takes to get a lost soul to come to Jesus.

Churches today hasn’t seen a person under the Holy Ghost Conviction in years. I’m not kidding, I have talked with other pastors, members of those churches and they have told me this.

Churches today are not determined to go about the Fathers Business, did you know in the bible the very first words Jesus was quoted as saying is located in Luke 2:49

That was “I must be about my Fathers business”

Sadly some churches today are determined to do nothing about it. They will just sit back and say, let someone else do it, we have been doing it for years. Or someone new comes alone and they shut that person down because this is not how it is done around here. Do not start getting things started, we’re just not going to get involved.

God will not have a church that only wants to play church, a church that is not excited about the gospel Christ dies for.

I ask you today, examine where this church stands, do we have any of these things happening here? Have we been giving the warning signs and not taking heed to them?

Read verses 29-30;

28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

This will happen when a church becomes dead in Christ.

Where is your dedication to the Word of God?

What level of excitement do you have for this church?

What kind of attendance do you have?

Are you determined to do nothing about it?