WHICH DO YOU PREFER? 

A CHURCH FULL OR A FULL CHURCH?

(Following Jesus for the right reasons)

 

 

 

John 6:26 - "Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled."

John 10:10b - "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly".

Matt. 5:6 - "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled".

           As I read and meditate on the Gospel writers and reflect on the many miracles Jesus performed, I wonder why did so many people follow him? Did they follow him for the miracles of healing and deliverance and the gospel he taught and preached? Did they follow him because they knew he could feed them or fix their issues? Did they follow him because of who he was and who he represented and what he represented?

           We look around us today and see many ministries filled with followers or believers. Is it the Word and the truth that is being taught that people are clinging to or just another "club-type" organization to say they are a member of? Any church or ministry can have a "CHURCH FULL" but it should be that churches or ministries should want a "FULL CHURCH".

A CHURCH FULL can consist of all types of followers: just there without serious commitment to the ministry. They maybe there because there friends or loved ones are there, etc.

A FULL CHURCH will include those who are committed, willing to be discipled so they can disciple others, sold out for the sake of the gospel, full of the Word and the spirit of God living according to the standards of God and continuing to reach the lost at any cost for the sake of the Kingdom.

          Jesus stated it best in the Beatitudes above (Matt. 5:6). When we are willing to take up our crosses and follow Jesus, even if he doesn't do anything else for us, we have become true followers. Jesus dying for us and washing our sins away should be reason enough for us to follow him. Let us make sure we are following him for the right reasons so we can be a "Full Church" indeed.

(Part 2 of this blog continues tomorrow).