Why Churches and Christians Get So Messed Up

DAY 317
8-17-10
1 CORINTHIANS 14-16


Good Morning!

Why do churches and Christians get so messed up? Because we often forget the most important matters of life and faith. When division doesn’t matter; when we put faith in people; when we desire spiritual gifts to promote self; and when we allow immorality to go unchecked; then we prove we have forgotten what our life and faith is all about. We must not; and can not allow ourselves to be like the Corinthians!

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. (1 Cor. 15:1-4)

Jesus said we should never let the weightier matters get lost in the pursuit of lesser important things. There is nothing more important than the fact that Jesus lived; died; was raised from the dead; and is waiting to return. All our faith is demanded to make this real in our lives. This is what we take our stand on.

If we concentrate our life on foundational, first importance matters, the sky is limit to what we can achieve and what we can experience in Christ.

Barry