NIBBLE AT RELIGION
Carlyle Marney said it: “The institutional monstrosity we have named “church” is too filled with people who nibble at religion.”
Did he call my name? Does that apply to me…
· When attendance at the worship hour is decided on the basis of convenience?
· When good works are postponed due to a desire for ease and comfort?
· When I substitute Bible reading for Christian service?
· When I give only token amounts from my salary to the preaching of the Gospel, and meeting the needs of the poor and suffering?
· When prayer becomes a private wish-list?
· When ‘church’ becomes a business opportunity?
I leave it to you to supply additional questions. I’m tired of self-condemnation.
My Bible tells me of first century Christians who denied themselves, took up the cross and followed Jesus. They gave liberally out of their poverty; suffered beatings and imprisonments; were spoken against and stoned; were persecuted from town to town yet continued to preach. They left occupations, and even fathers and mothers to follow Christ.
They did not nibble at religion!
~John Gibson
via bulletin of
Windsong Church of Christ
Little Rock, Arkansas
“holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power;”
–2 Tim. 3:5