STANDARDS;
CHURCH: SEPARATION

I must confess as a pastor and minister that I have had to say “Goodbye” to people in some instances when they have said, “We cannot worship here. You are too strict. Your standards are too strict for this day and age. Your message is too strict!”

My only apology is that I am still not as strict as the Bible is. I have to confess that I am still not up to the standard of the Scriptures. I am trying, but I am not that strict.

But, occasionally, we have to say farewell to someone who says they have to find a different kind of church, an easy-going church, a church that majors in relaxation.

What did Jesus say to us? He said that unless we are ready to turn from everything and follow Him with devotion, we are not yet ready to be His disciples, and unless we are ready to die for Him, we are not ready to live for Him. The whistle is going to blow for us one of these days and then we will have to appear and tell God how we carried on His work, how we conducted ourselves in the light of what Jesus said.

So we cannot afford to let down our Christian standards just to hold the interest of people who want to go to hell and still belong to a church.

Luke 9:23–25; Luke 14:26–27

Who Put Jesus on the Cross?, 40, 41.