A Great Church
Illustration★★★The expression “a great church” is used so frequently by so many people that the true significance of it is often overlooked. Really, what constitutes “a great church”? A church is great in the sight of God when it is: Great in spirit.
When its warmth of fellowship is apparent to all who worship there. It possesses a warmth which blesses all who come. Great in love. Its love abounds toward Christ and toward sinners.
The mem- bers love one another with deathless devotion. Great in compassion. Its heart reaches out to suffer with those who need its ministry. Only by having compassion of heart can a church be great.
As one well said, “A passionless church is a passing church.” Great in consecration. It withdraws itself from the world with its fashions and its fads; its members live a consecrated life; it has no place for worldliness and for human aspirations. Great in loyalty.
It is loyal to Christ. It is loyal to his word. It is loyal to “the faith once for all delivered unto the saints.” Its members are loyal to the Lord and to his church by their dedication of time, of talents, and of treasure.
The point
A truly great church is marked by warmth of spirit, deep love, compassion, consecration, and loyalty to Christ.