CHURCH:
HOLY SPIRIT’S WORK

When the Holy Spirit is ignored or rejected, religious people are forced either to do their own creating or to fossilize completely. A few churches accept fossilization as the will of God and settle down to the work of preserving their past—as if it needed preserving. Others seek to appear modern, and imitate the current activities of the world with the mistaken idea that they are being creative. And after a fashion they are, but the creatures of their creative skill are sure to be toys and trifles, mere imitations of the world and altogether lacking in the qualities of eternity—holiness and spiritual dignity. The hallmark of the Holy Spirit is not there.

All religious leaders should remember that they will either let the Holy Spirit work through them or their work will be in vain.

Psalm 127:1–5; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Ephesians 5:15–18

This World: Playground or Battleground?, 42.