According to Jesus, many of the so-called churches
today that are large and famous are actually spiritually
dead.
In many churches today, pastors are preoccupied with
the size of their congregation. Some take a census every
church-service. Others keep statistics of the number of
people who answer their altar-calls. When pastors meet
socially, how big their church is determines their social
status and prestige; ensuring that many are prone to
exaggerate their numbers. The bigger the church, the
more highfalutin and celebrated the pastor.
However, the wisdom of God is contrarian, she shouts in
the street; she lifts her voice in the public square: “No
king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man
is not delivered by great strength. A horse is a vain hope
for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great
strength.” (Psalm 33:16-17).
Let me apply this scripture more precisely to the context
of mega-churches. No man is saved by the size of a
church, neither is the wicked delivered by the great
charisma of a pastor. When we are preoccupied with
size in churches, we are guilty of trusting in the multitude
of our mighty men. (Hosea 10:13).
First become last
“This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by
might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of
hosts. Who are you, O great mountain? Before
Zerubbabel you shall become a plain!’” (Zechariah 4:6-7).
One of the great mountains before Zerubbabel was
Solomon’s temple. Those charged with rebuilding it were
concerned the new temple would not have the splendor
and majesty of the old. But God is not concerned with
size and other physical attributes. Through Haggai, he
declares: “The glory of this latter temple shall be greater
than the former.” (Haggai 2:9). Accordingly, Zechariah
asks: “Who has despised the day of small
things.” (Zechariah 4:10).
Indeed, according to God’s kingdom dynamics, “every
valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill
brought low.” (Isaiah 40:4). God says: “All the trees of
the field will know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the
high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the
green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish.” (Ezekiel
17:24).
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/beware-of-celebrity-pastors-and-mega-churches/

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church on my heart.