Don't just go to church, Be "The Church"!

What do you think of doctors who do not treat patients by using all of the means available to cure them? What do you think of lawyers who do not defend their clients to the best of their ability? What do you think of politicians who do not keep their campaign promises once they are in office? Honestly answer that question. Are not preachers, churches, and saints who do not do their VERY BEST to reach the lost the same as these doctors, lawyers, and politicians?

Have you been redeemed and washed in the precious blood of the Lamb? Have you been baptized in His name and filled with His Spirit? Well, you have a mission from on High and it is called the Great Commission. Your mission is to reach the lost who are around you. Just going to church is not all that is to this. The lost was never commanded to come to us, but we were commanded to go to them with the Gospel. Why are we not doing more to participate in the mission?

"The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few." 

Anyone that has the Holy Ghost should have a sense of urgency. We must act with the knowledge that time is extremely short. "Today is the day of salvation, now is the accepted time." When you go into the store, do you witness to someone? When was the last time you witness to a lost soul that you came in contact with? You are surrounded everyday with people who may die and go to hell if you do not get a sense of urgency and passion for their souls. Is it good to witness to the lost? Is it good for you to give your very best effort to reach a lost world? James 4:17, "...to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." No matter how holy we look or how faithful we are with out church attendance, if we are not reaching to win souls, we are in sin!

Does a hospital have a right to call itself a hospital if no one is getting well? Does a fire department have a right to call itself a fire department if it is not involved in putting out fires? Is a grocery store a grocery store if there is no food in it to buy? If you do not strive to reach the lost with everything in you, do you have the right to call yourself "The Church"? Do we really have the right to call ourselves "The Church"?

(Apostolic Iron Online periodical 2007)

Troyce D. Mack

Apostolic Revival Center - United Pentecostal Church

7 Berkeley Street

Manning, SC 29102