Why Members Fail In Doing The Lord's Business – Bible study
As any business owner can testify, building a successful business is not an easy task. It takes many long, dedicated hours of following an established business plan, in order to build a successful business.
As Christians, we should be engaged in doing the Lords business (Luke 2:49; cf. 1 Corinthians 15:58). However, there are some unique reasons why more members of the Lords church are not as successful as they could be.
The following are six reasons why members of the Lords body fail in successfully doing the Lords business:
1) Treating The Business Like A Hobby After being baptized into Christ, some Christians treat the Lords business as a hobby not a business. This is why it makes it easy to walk away, i.e., apostatize from the Lords church (Luke 8:7,14; cf. 2 Timothy 4:10). Also see Hebrews 3 and Hebrews 6.
2) Lack Of Consistent Effort Similar to the first reason, some members get involved in the Lords work, but work at it only when it is convenient.
The most successful members in the Lords church, follow the Lords business plan (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; 2 Timothy 2:1-2; cf. Deuteronomy 4:10; Ezra 7:10), and work that plan on a daily basis. If we only have one or two hours a day to work the Lords business, then we should work the plan for that period of time every day (Acts 5:41-42; cf. Acts 20:20-21).
3) Failure To Get Properly Trained There are members of the Lords church who do not believe they need to be trained in order to successfully work the Lords business.
Know this successful business professionals either require years of training or college, and additional years of experience, in order to be successful. Being successful working the Lords business requires the same dedication, education and training its not a hit-or-miss type of business its a serious business with serious eternal ramifications (1 Corinthians 9:16; Romans 1:13-18; Colossians 1:20-29; cf. Romans 2:1-11).
4) No System, Or Failure To Follow the System If members are not willing to follow a proven system that works for everyone who works the system (1 Corinthians 2:1-2; cf. Acts 8:26-35; Acts 9:22; Acts 17:1-3; Acts 18:24-28; Romans 6:1-6; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4), they will not be successful (cf. Amos 3:3).
5) Unrealistic Expectations Sometimes this is due to “how” people are motivated to become Christians. Unrealistic promises that Christians will not have to face any kind of hardships or persecution, are simply not true (2 Timothy 3:12; cf. 2 Corinthians 4:9; 2 Corinthians 11:25-27; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:4).
The Christian life is not a life of wine and roses, but a very spiritually challenging and rewarding life (1 Corinthians 9:19-27; John 10:10; Revelation 2:10).
When spiritual success does not come as quickly or as easy as expected, the new member may simply say, this doesnt work and simply gives up. Brethren, we cant give up! Consistency and persistency are the keys to success! (cf. Luke 11:5-8; Luke 18:1-8; Hebrews 6:10-15).
6) Not Enough Budget Some folks become members of the Lords church thinking that their only monetary investment in the Lords business, is randomly placing a few dollars into the collection plate every Sunday.
However, like any other successfully run business, the Lords church needs to have a planned budget for various monthly expenses, and then meet that budget every month. In order to achieve this goal, each member of the church must plan to set aside monies for the purpose of funding the work of the church, i.e., the Lords business (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:6-7).
Conclusion:
Again, members of the Lords church fail at working the Lords business, simply by not treating it like a business or not doing the necessary research before getting involved. Not having or following a business plan, not taking the time to get trained, or not taking persistent and consistent action, are the quickest ways to fail in doing the Lords business.
Brethren, lets consider the Lords business as being the most important business on earth, and then seriously and prayerfully start putting into practice the Lords business plan of saving the souls of men (1 Corinthians 2:1-2; cf. Acts 8:26-35; Acts 9:22; Acts 17:1-3; Acts 18:24-28; Romans 6:1-6; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4).