Church Attendance Will Stunt Your Growth

​Church attendance will stunt your spiritual growth.

You were never meant to just attend church. You were meant to be the body of Christ.

If the only thing I do is attend, my spiritual growth will be stunted. It’s when we
-engage with the Word
-obey the Word
-serve Jesus by serving others, -take the time to abide in Christ through spiritual disciplines that we will grow in our faith.

You have heard me say that you are an instrument. Each instrument plays an important role in a symphony. Played alone or sitting in its case, the instrument doesn’t sound good and the music suffers.

You are meant to be a part of the church, the instrument, to create an amazing piece of music (through the church) that glorifies Jesus. When every “instrument” is not played in church, it sounds a lot like my ninth grade marching band: terrible.

The Church Growth Movement idolized numbers and attendance. What we win them with is what we keep them with. We are seeing the fruit of this as we can’t keep doing what we won them with because of Covid.

​Jesus didn’t say, “Go make church attenders of all nations teaching them to come and sit and listen to a sermon and a good worship set.”

He said, ““Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.””

Even Jesus last words in the book of ACTS(notice it is not the book of SIT) is purpose declaring, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses in (your neighborhood, your job, your family, your city, your state and the nations) Acts 1:8

Holy Spirit resides—>you will be my witnesses—>the overflow of this is making disciples
(This is not something we can do in our own strength-it’s through His)

There is this power that resides in us, but it sits dormant because we have been enabled to sit, listen and never go beyond the threshold of the church door to proclaim the majesty of Jesus.

(Now, this is no fault of the preacher , unless there is no emphasis on the going, but it is up to each believer to act upon what we hear)
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Your identity has been restored to pre-fall conditions when you come to know Christ.
In 2 Corinthians 5, we are given identity and purpose: we are a new creation and we are created for a purpose as an ambassador of Christ.
(Note: Many of us are better ambassadors for our political candidate than we are for Jesus.)

This power, who is the Holy Spirit, will rise up and give you the ability to proclaim.
We either proclaim Him, silence Him out of fear or silence Him out of unbelief.

Attending church has silenced the church.

• It’s time to Unmuzzle the church to be the church
• It’s time to recognize our identity and purpose to be the church.
• It’s time to move beyond the seat to the frontlines in advancing the kingdom.
• It’s time to abide in Christ so the power of Christ can work through us.
• It’s time to be serious about being a disciple and making disciples.

Don’t just attend church, BE the church! If you are sitting dormant-go to your pastor and ask how you can help BE the church-don’t wait for him to come to you!

“For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift — not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:8-10‬
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Let’s go!