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Bible Study Christian Churches Rebuked By The Lord's Prayer

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Christian Churches Rebuked By The Lord's Prayer


The chasm in secular doctrinal beliefs in the christian Church, that is causing many members to leave, is not unexpected if one interprets the bible correctly. It is a fact that christian churches, as well as Messianic synagogues, recite the Lord's Prayer uttered by Jesus Christ himself, who Christians believe is God become man, where Jesus Christ says, “ And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from Evil.”


When christian believers become uneasy with modern secular attitudes that are embraced, and ultimately practiced, by church leadership, such as abortion, same sex partnerships, promiscuity, etc., then God is being faithful to his word in the Lord's Prayer and will lead his people out of that temptation and away from that church.


The decline in christian church attendance is not a consequence of a decline in moral values in general, which is readily apparent in every generation, but God being faithful to his word as stated in the Lord's Prayer and leading his flock from the temptations of modern secular life that are being embraced by wayward clergy and church leadership. Which is why churches who are successful, usually mega churches that are packed full of attendees, openly advocate against the practice of secular defined immorality.


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Well, you gotta admit it's good that somebody recognizes how bad things have gotten bad in the church and is leaving for that reason. I'm just not sure church attendance is down because of things like immorality, though.
 
Good point about the Lord's prayer.
But a couple of things.
I was a member of a mega-church for 11 years and they have more problems than anyone else.
Also, I've been hearing that church attendance is always declining for my 28 1/2 years as a Christian.
It seems to me that if church attendance is declining as much as they say it is, then there shouldn't be anyone left by now.
 
allenwynne said:
Good point about the Lord's prayer.
But a couple of things.
I was a member of a mega-church for 11 years and they have more problems than anyone else.
Also, I've been hearing that church attendance is always declining for my 28 1/2 years as a Christian.
It seems to me that if church attendance is declining as much as they say it is, then there shouldn't be anyone left by now.
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In some places there are many church buildings that once housed thriving congregations but now are either sitting empty or have been converted to other non-church uses. And it's not that a new and better church started up and attracted away all the members. Studies have been done and found that the vast majority just quit going to church or other Christian activities. They just checked out of Christianity. So yes, if the current trend of the last few generations should continue indefinitely the time is indeed coming that there will be no one left.

But I agree completely that "mega churches" can and many times do have the same problems as others. In fact, it can be even moreso because many times what attracts such large numbers of people to some of these churches is that they are so worldly that even non-Christians can feel good about going to church while never actually feeling convicted and never actually being challenged to follow God in any real way.
 
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In 1995, there were 224 million americans identifiying themselves as Christians.
In 2010, that number is 247 million.
There may be many empty churches, but at one time there were no mega-churches.
What kind of Christians they are and whether or not they attend churches is another topic.
 
allenwynne said:
In 1995, there were 224 million americans identifiying themselves as Christians.
In 2010, that number is 247 million.
There may be many empty churches, but at one time there were no mega-churches.
What kind of Christians they are and whether or not they attend churches is another topic.
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Yeah, I'm not talking about people in the US who say they are "Christian" on some poll that asks what "religion" they identify themselves with. Many of those people are the type that think just living in the US and maybe even having been baptized as a kid makes them Christian. I'm talking about actual born again, God following Christians.
 
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