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The Kiss Principle

A group of birds is called a flock.

A group of cows is called a herd.

A group of fish is called a school.

Do you know what a group of buzzards is called? A flock? Nope! A Committee!

Isn’t that appropriate.

Did you ever notice that the larger the committee, the more complicated a problem gets; and the solution is always even more complex?  I guess that’s why, God never asks for our opinion.  Opinions are dime a dozen! But, that does not stop us from having them.

Have you ever noticed how complex, most churches have become.  Ever wonder why!  Maybe because we all want to feel like our opinions matter, makes us feel important.  We like things organized in neat little boxes, sort of like job descriptions.  If you do ABC, you get this raise.  If it’s not in my job description, I don’t have to do it.   That’s how religions work.  They are man made ways to reach out to God.

Doing it God’s way is so old school.  When the Philippian jailer asked what he had to do to be saved, Paul and Silas said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.” 

SO SIMPLE!

What did Jesus tell us to do?

Mark 16: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. ¹⁶He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; ¹⁸they  will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

¹⁹So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.

SO SIMPLE!

A couple of blogs back, I asked, how many Pharisees it takes to screw in a light bulb?  Today’s question is: How ministries does it take to fulfill Jesus’ command?  How many does your church have?  How many ministers does your church have?  Jesus had twelve and they all had the same job: 

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. ¹⁶He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; ¹⁸they  will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

It can’t be that simple!  No music ministry?  No Youth ministry?  No Children’s ministry?  No singles’ ministry? No senior’s ministry?  No golf ministry?  No childcare ministry?  No car care ministry?  No internet ministry? 

It would never work!

When is the last time your church laid hands on the sick?  When was the last time your church anointed the sick with oil?  When is the last time your church spent more than 60 second praying for the sick, the needy, the hurting?  When did you spend more than 60 seconds in prayer?  When did you spend more than 60 seconds in the Word?

Why do we major on the little things and ignore what Jesus told us to do?

Oh, you of little faith! 

If Jesus came to your church, would it be said, “He could do no mighty work there”.  Would He marvel because of our unbelief?