Two people for whom I feel sorry.
I. The person who did not grow up in a New Testament church that teaches the pure/powerful word of God, where the people walk in the purity and power of the Holy Spirit.
II. The person who grew up in a doctrinally sound and dynamic New Testament church, but resists and rejects the light and life it offers.
Possible Scenarios for Group #I.
The person who has not grown up in a New Testament environment and never finds or experiences such a church.
The person who has not grown up in a New Testament environment, finds such a church and then turns from it.
The person who has not grown up in a New Testament environment, finds such a church and becomes part of that body.
The person who has not grown up in a New Testament environment, finds such a church, becomes part of that body and throws himself into the will of God with total abandon, thereby redeeming lost time and opportunity and becoming part of the glory that defines such a church.
ALMOST HEAVEN
Though such a church is not heaven, my studies, experience and observation agree that it is like the vestibule of heaven, the outpost of heaven, the closest thing to heaven in this world.
It seems more of a dream than a reality.
It is a rarity, encountered by very, very few people.
It is the very kind of church everyone needs, whether single or married, whether parent or childless, whether young or old.
It is the very kind of church where parents need to raise their children, and so much the more as The Day is approaching.
IT IS GOD'S PLAN
I am sold on the importance of the Church, and the local church in particular, because it is God's plan. Two institutions of God are the family and the Church. They go together. No apology, no excuse, just fact.
ANSWER THIS QUESTION
Let me repeat an old adage: What kind of church would my church be, if all of the members were just like me?
In 2012, be part of a New Testament church. Be an active part of a New Testament church. Be a vital, exemplary part of a New Testament church, “and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Launch Out and Hold Fast,
Pastor David L. Gould
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