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ANEMIC CHURCH GROWTH BY STEVE FINNELL
Why are churches of Christ losing
members or at best seeing anemic growth? Could it be because the world
looks at Christians and see no discernible difference between the world
and Christians?
Could anemic growth be attributed to
the fact that churches do not teach against the Masonic Lodge, but
instead call Masons to preach or place them in other leadership
positions in the church?
Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry-B
BIBLE....Therefore, whatever to any
people express that will may be used as a substitute for the Bible in a
Masonic Lodge. Thus, in a Lodge consisting entirely of Jews, the Old
Testament alone may be placed upon the altar, and Turkish Freemasons
make use of the Koran. Whether it be the Gospels to the Christian, the
Pentateuch to the Israelite, the Koran to the Mussulman, or the Vedas to
the Brahman, it everywhere Masonically conveys the same idea-that of the symbolism of the Divine Will revealed to man.
Galatians 1:8 But even if we, or an
angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we
have preached, he is to be accursed!
Paul said let them be accursed. The
modern church says welcome them with open arms and ordained them to
leadership positions in the church.
The contemporary church says do not
preach or teach against sinful practices in the church, because it might
offend some members.
1 Corinthians 5:11 But actually, I
wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an
immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a
drunkard, or a swindler---not even to eat with such a one.
Contrary to what the apostle Paul
wrote, our churches today say, do not point out the sins of church
members. The mantra is we just need to love them. Not only are we told
to just love them, we ordain or tolerate homosexuals, adulterers, and
other fornicators in leadership positions in the church. Yes, drunkards
as well.
Is it possible that the reason for
anemic or no church growth is the lack of repentance among church
members and no expectations of seeing a difference between Christians
and those outside of Christ?