Lesson 2115

(Lesson 2115)(09-20-17)  Philippians 4:8-14
    “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.”

  In today’s quote, Paul advised the Philippians to abide by the things he had taught them, He thanked them for their continuous giving, even thanked them for the times they would have sent help but had no opportunity.
    It is a shame that most of the money that is given to today’s “churches” is used to either pad one individual’s pocket or to pad the seats of those who don’t miss a Sunday sitting in the “church” pews waiting for some lost soul to come a sit down so that the preacher can tell them about Jesus.
    We, as the children of God, and members of Christ’s church, are indeed scripturally instructed to assemble ourselves together to exhort and edify one another in the work of the Lord. But, we have allowed congregational attendance to become more important to us as individuals, than is our scriptural duty to “go ye into all the world” and teach the gospel. Nowhere in the New Testament are we instructed to go to some building two or three times a week and sit listening to the same sermon we have heart hundreds of times before.
    It is way past time that we take the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who need it instead of waiting for them to come to us.~