I must wait until you get the point I was making.
The size of the crowd was not an issue with Jesus.
Mega churches seek large churches because they hone in on a message that would appeal to what people want to hear,
but not on what they need to hear.
For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great
number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
2 Timothy 4:3
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Let us all stay focused on the original theme of this thread.
I must wait until you get the point I was making.
The size of the crowd was not an issue with Jesus.
Mega churches seek large churches because they hone in on a message that would appeal to what people want to hear,
but not on what they need to hear.
For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great
number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
2 Timothy 4:3
.
Let us all stay focused on the original theme of this thread and avoid introducing other themes, within the thread.
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature - Mark 16:15
Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, just before He ascended to heaven, He commanded His disciples or followers, past, present and future to go into all the world and spread the gospel. Does that sound like just having a small church, where everyone knows everyone? There is nothing wrong with having a church, large or small, as your base, while also going into all the world. Who is going to spread the gospel to strangers or the world? How many small churches have gone anywhere, beyond the borders of the country, state, region, city or town, where they are located? Can a small church afford or have the resources to go into all the world?
Of course, everyone does have to go into foreign countries, how about going into all your country, state, region, city or town? In other words, try to reach as many people as possible, just as Jesus commanded, instead of only reaching the people you already know, in a small church.
Before the digital era, the only way to go into all the world was physical or through radio/tv. Furthermore, spreading the gospel on radio or tv, is expensive and very few small churches, if any can afford the cost.
Regardless of the shortcomings of some mega-churches, mega-churches are reaching far more people in the world than small church? Those mega-churches, that engage in scandalous behavior must not be excused, but let us acknowledge the major role that mega-churches play in evangelism.
Jesus left the responsibility of spreading the gospel to the world, in the hands of every Christian, either as a goer or financier of the goers.
Suppose it were left to the small churches, would what Jesus commanded, have made much progress, if any?
We don’t live in a perfect world, but while some mega-churches have issues or problems that need fixing, one of the major ways, many people in the world are gping to hear the gospel, is via mega-churches, physically, digitally, radio and tv.
Let us drive the car that we have, with all it’s issues or problems, until we can get a better one.
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