THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER (Acts 20:17-38)

What are the things that really matter, things that you may be leaving out of your life because a lot of smaller things have filled the capacity of your life, and you have left out the things that really matter?  That is what we are going to be talking about, the things that really, really, matter.  

There is something in America known today as “the church growth movement.” Now, I certainly believe in growing churches. I want our church to grow, and I thank God that it has grown. But, young preachers coming out of seminary are taught methods to make churches grow, and they have a thing called “user-friendly evangelism.” 

If that means keeping the church steps where people can get in, if it means having a warm greeting, if it means being nice and kind and making people feel at home, then I am all for that one hundred percent. But, if it means watering down the message to make it socially acceptable, or to soften its truths, it is the most dangerous thing that can happen in America today. 

We are told, “Now, don’t tell people that they are sinners.” Make them feel good when they come to church. Find out what their needs are and meet them. I want to tell you what their need is: their need is to be saved from their sin—to know if they don’t get saved, they are going to die and go to hell.

If you are saved, if you name the name of Jesus Christ, God has anointed and appointed you to be a watchman on the wall. You go to work with somebody who is not saved; you live in a neighborhood with somebody who is not saved—you are the watchman on the wall. That person is lost without Christ. They are going to die in their sin.  The thing that really matters in that person’s life is to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.  Do you care enough to tell them this gospel message?

Click on the link below to hear a message on how you can make sure that the things that really matter are in your life and the lives of those around you.

This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.

Amen.