The Spirit Gives Life
"The spiritual life of the church is in trouble without structure and order." This statement sums up the condition of the universal church today. No longer is there a desire to walk in the holy and righteous requires of God's Word. Today's church has begun to resemble a sports bar or some social gathering spot. The Holy Spirit is no longer the center of attraction, but there is a following of some new form of worship that models a concert where everyone has come to perform their self proclaimed gifts and talents. The sacredness of assembling in a place to worship God seems to have been lost in all the humanism. Unbeknown to the ones who are caught up in all this behavior, the Spirit has left the building. God does not, and will not, dwell in a place where He is not reverenced. The ways of the world have crept into the church, and it has lost its effective to do what God intended it to do for His people. No longer is the church a refuge for hurting people to come and ...