In reading through Romans recently the Lord grabbed my attention through what the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 10:14-15, in these two verses there are four questions that I believe every church should obsess over!
#1 - “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?”
Every church (well, nearly every church) would admit that they want to see people come to Christ, to “believe on the name of Jesus;” however, my fear (and frustration) is that many times we fail to understand that people who don’t know Christ simply do not BELIEVE that He is the answer to their issues!
Guess what…that makes is pretty much impossible for a Non - Christian to begin acting like a Christian. (An agenda many churches seemed to be obsessed with!)
So where does that leave us? Simple—we need to live our lives and preach the Gospel in such a way that people far from God don’t have a hard time believing in God because of they hypocrisy they see in our lives…OR because of the sub par standards we have set in our worship services!
It’s not that the Gospel is “unbelievable,” but rather the fact that often times we make it unbelievable.
Yes, I know that “salvation belongs to the Lord,” and that no one comes to Christ unless they are drawn by Him…it’s just that I think we need to do life and do church in such a way that when Jesus does draw someone to Himself He can draw them THROUGH us rather then sending them AROUND us.