Despising the church of God (3.10.13)
1 COR. 11:22 – PAUL’S QUESTION ABOUT CHRISTIANS DESPISING THE CHURCH IS THE BASIS FOR TODAY’S MATERIAL.
1) Today we still have people – Christians and non-Christians who sometimes “despise” the church.
2) In our day many have contempt for the Bible and thus disdain for churches which teach the Bible.
3) We also find those who despise what God says about worship.
4) In our world there people who express condescension for singing instead of instrumental music.
5) Younger worshippers have sometimes shown contempt for “old hymns.”
a) There is nothing wrong with wanting to learn and use some new songs.
b) Col. 3:16 says we are to sing and this singing is to “teach and admonish” one another.
c) Quite a few despise these songs and want replacements that do not teach or teach error.
6) Contempt for the church is sometimes based on the idea that there is “nothing for people to do.”
7) Disdain and disgust may be expressed by people because they think a local congregation is too judgmental.
8) Others despise assembling with God’s people because the experience, in their eyes, it’s “boring.”
WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE DESPISING THE CHURCH, WE ARE NOT EXPERIENCING ANYTHING THAT IS REALLY NEW. PEOPLE – CHRISTINAS AND NON-CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN DESPISING SPIRITUAL THINGS, INCLUDING THE CHURCH, FOR MORE THAN 2,000 YEARS.
1) When people express scorn or disdain for the church, something is wrong.
2) Spiritual things, if they are being done correctly, offer peace and joy instead of contempt and disdain.
3) When things are not done correctly, or people do not understand spiritual matters, then contempt may result.
4) People may be disenfranchised with the church and despise it because they no longer know what it is.
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7) Rom. 15:6– READ
8) The church is an institution that is designed to glorify God.
9) In our time many have tried to turn the church into just about any other kind of institution.
10) Some want to turn it into a place where people learn how to have healthy bodies.
11) It is sometimes seen as a place where people can learn how to make good use of money.
12) Others want it to be a place to serve as an alternative to public education.
13) Some try to make the church something like a circus – they bring in animals like elephants.
14) Mt. 5:14: “Ye are the light of the world.”
15) The church is not a place where preachers are clowns and joke tellers.
a) The job of the church is to try to help people avoid hell.
b) This is one way Christians – the church – glorifies God (Rom. 15:6).
16) We have the so-called great commission in 4 places (Mt. 28:18-20; Mk. 16:15; Lk. 24:46-47; Acts 1:8).
17) In addition to being a place of spiritual safety, the church is a place of worship.
18) In Lk. 4:8 the Bible says “worship God.”
19) Paul called the church “Christ’s body” (Eph. 5:22-32) and we can worship God in this body.
20) Much of the contempt people have for Christianity would disappear if they knew what the church is.
21) The church is designed to be an institution that spreads truth. 1 Thess. 1:8 – READ
a) The church is still the “pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15).
b) Satan clouds the minds of people when it comes to understanding the church and despising it.
