WHAT KIND OF CHURCH WOULD JESUS ATTEND?

MARK 14:12-16

INTRO:   HERE IN THESE SCRIPTURES WE SEE THE PREPERATION OF THE PASSOVER, AND IN V.12   HIS DISCIPLES  SAID UNTO HIM,  “WHERE WILT THOU THAT WE GO AND PREPARE THAT THOU MAYEST EAT THE PASSOVER?”

--VERSES 13-16 (EXPLAIN)

--IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THESE SCRIPTURES AND THINK ON THIS THOUGHT WHAT KIND OF CHURCH WOULD JESUS ATTEND.

--THEY WERE GOING TO PREPARE AND PARTAKE OF THE LAST SUPPER THE PASSOVER,   I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS THEIR CHURCH  THERE IN THAT UPPER ROOM THAT DAY,   I BELIEVE IT WOULD DO US ALL GOOD TO HAVE AN UPPER ROOM EXPERIENCE LIKE THEY EXPERIENCED THAT DAY.

SO WHAT KIND OF CHURCH WOULD JESUS ATTEND?

1-  WHERE ITS FURNISHED AND PREPARED   V.15

--NOW WHAT I MEAN BY THIS IS THE HOUSE OF GOD OUGHT TO BE A PLACE OF REVERENCE AND RESPECT.

--A PLACE WHERE  ITS CLEAN, NICE, WHERE WE CAN COME AND ENJOY THE BLESSINGS OF GOD.

--(FURNISHED AND PREPARED)   IT WAS READY FOR THE PASSOVER, IT OUGHT TO BE READY FOR WORSHIP.

--NOT A PIG STIGH, THE HOUSE OF GOD SHOULDN’T BE A MESS,  BUT A JOY TO WALK INTO TO WORSHIP.

--NOW  I  WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS THAT CLEAN, MOW GRASS, WHATEVER YOU DO FOR GOD AND THE LORDS HOUSE, MAY GOD BLESS YOU.

--IF  YOU SEE SOMETHING SUCH AS A PIECE OF PAPER PICK IT UP, ITS GODS HOUSE AND EVEN IF YOU TREAT YOUR HOUSE THAT WAY DOSENT MEAN WE TREAT GODS HOUSE THAT WAY.

--IF YOUR CHILDREN MAKE A MESS CLEAN IT UP, GODS NOT PLEASED WITH US LEAVING OUR SEAT AND THE HOUSE OF GOD A MESS.

--AND TO CLIP YOUR FINGER NAILS  IN THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF GOD, IS NOT RESPECT FOR THE THINGS OF GOD.

--AND BY THE WAY  IF A VISITOR COMES TO VISIT AND SEES FOOD IN THE FLOOR AND FINGER NAILS AND THE PEWS WITH PIECES OF PAPER ALL OVER IT.    THE GRASS NOT MOWED,  PARKING LOT A MESS.  

--WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE ARE WE LEAVING TO THE SINNER MAN.

--NOW JUST BECAUSE YOUR NOT IN A NICE BUILDING DOESN’T MEAN  IT CANT BE CLEAN, THERES IS A DIFFERENCE.

--THE BIBLE TEACHES US THAT WE ARE NOT  OUR OWN BUT WE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE.

--THIS CHURCH BELONGS TO THE LORD AND WE OUGHT TO RESPECT AND TREAT IT BETTER THAN OUR OWN.

-- I BELIEVE THE LORD WOULD GO WERE IT WAS FURNISHED AND PREPARED.  (RESPECTFUL AND HONORABLE)

2-  WHERE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY     V.14

--PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY THAT REALLY CARES.

--WHEN VISITORS COME TO GOING HOME CHURCH,  DO  THEY  FEEL LIKE WE REALLY CARE FOR THEM.

-- I TELL YOU IM GOING TO A CHURCH THAT ARE FRIENDLY.

--THE BIBLE TEACHES US THAT IF WE WANT FRIENDS WE MUST PRESENT OURSELVES FRIENDLY.

--IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN PEOPLE COME AND SHAKE YOUR HAND AND WELCOME YOU TO THE HOUSE OF GOD.

--EVERY MEMBER IN THIS CHURCH, WHEN YOU SEE A VISITOR YOU OUGHT TO MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO GET TO THEM BEFORE SERVICE IS OVER AND MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME.

--DON’T NEVER SHUN  A PERSON BY WHAT YOU THINK,  JESUS DIED FOR ALL AND THANK GOD ALL CAN BE SAVED.

--HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO GO BACK TO A CHRUCH BECAUSE PEOPLE MADE YOU FEEL LIKE THEY CARED.

--HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT WELL, IM NOT COMEING BACK HERE, NOBODY EVEN SHOOK MY HAND, IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

3-  WHERE PEOPLE ARE  FAITHFUL  V.16

--FAITHFUL  TO GOD AND HIS HOUSE.

--I LIKE TO GO TO A CHURCH WHERE WHEN  YOU GO THE PEOPLE ARE IN TUNE WITH GOD AND THERE FAITHFUL TO BE THERE BECAUSE OF THE BURNING THAT’S IN THEIR HEARTS FOR GOD AND HIS HOUSE.

--THESE DISCIPLES WENT AS THE LORD HAD SAID, AND FOUND AS HE HAD SAID AND THEY MADE READY THE PASSOVER.

--YOU SHOULDN’T COME TO CHURCH BECAUSE OF THE PASTOR BUT FOR GOD.

--I LIKE IT WHEN I COME TO CHURCH AND KNOW THAT GODS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HERE BECAUSE OF THE LORD LIVING DEEP DOWN IN THEIR HEARTS.

--I LIKE TO GO TO A CHURCH WHERE I KNOW PEOPLE ARE FAITHFUL AND NOT HYPOCRITES.

--AND I BELIEVE THE LORD WOULD LIKE TO GO TO A CHURCH WHERE PEOPLE ARE FOUND FAITHFULL.

4-  WHERE THE PASTOR HAS A BURDEN   V.13

--NOW I WANT TO USE THIS MAN AND RELATE HIM TO A PASTOR BEARING A BURDEN FOR THE CHURCH.

--I WANT TO GO TO A CHURCH WHERE ITS EVIDENT THAT THE PASTOR HAS A BURDEN FOR THE CHURCH AND GODS PEOPLE.

--BECAUSE IF HE HASN’T GOT A BURDEN THEN HE CANT PASTOR GODS PEOPLE AS HE SHOULD.

--HE IS TO HELP BEAR YOUR BURDEN AND HELP CARRY YOUR LOAD.

--A PASTOR WITH A BURDEN WILL BE THERE MORNING, NOON, OR NIGHT IT DOESN’T MATTER.

--A PASTOR WITH A BURDEN LOVES AND PRAYS FOR YOU.

--A CHURCH THAT HAS A PASTOR WITH A BURDEN WILL BE A CHURCH WITH SOME LIFE (SPIRITUALLY),   A CHURCH WITH LOVE FOR THE PASTOR AND THE PASTOR WILL LOVE THE CHURCH.

--I WANT TO GO TO A CHURCH THAT THE PASTOR HAS A BURDEN FOR HIS PEOPLE AND THE CHURCH.

5-  WHERE PREACHING FEEDS ME   V.12

--IM GOING TO A CHURCH WHERE I CAN BE FED.

--A CHURCH THAT WHEN I PULL UP TO THE TABLE  THAT MY SOUL IS FED SPIRITUALLY.

--THIS MESS WHEN YOU LEAVE IT DON’T EVEN FEEL LIKE YOU’VE BEEN TO CHURCH,  SOMETHING IS LACKING.

--I THANK GOD I GET FED WHEN I COME TO GOING HOME CHURCH.

CONCLUSION

WHAT KIND OF CHURCH ARE YOU ATTENDING?