#205: Guy Church

Well, in case you haven't noticed...and judging by attendance, you haven't...guys don't go to church as much as gals. There are even churches out there designed to attract men. Check out the article on this at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-07-23-males-church_N.htm

I'm on the verge of ranting and raving, but I've got my New Mellow stuff playing, so I'll keep this short. Take a look at the first century Church. When the chips were down (no, the buffalo was not empty) and Christ was hanging on the Cross, only the women's auxiliary could be found nearby and one or two men...John specifically...don't know exactly who else. (All the guys had precipitously fled in the Garden of Gesthemane a little earlier.
When God gave Adam his best present...Eve...Satan came at Adam through her, Adam took the bait in a manly man sort of way, and then blamed God for giving him that woman! Face it boys, we've dropped the ball ever since the whistle blew and now Americans are trying to use image to do what the Holy Spirit HAS to do in order to revive the church.

Somewhere on one of my Facebook deals I commented briefly within the last week that about 300,000 soldiers came to faith during the Civil War. Back in the early 19th century, John Adams wrote to his friend, Benjamin Rush, "Why was it that a nation without wars to fight seemed to lose its honor and integrity, Adams pondered in one letter to Rush. 'War necessarily brings with it some virtues, and great and heroic virtues, too,' he wrote. 'What horrid creatures we men are, that we cannot be virtuous without murdering one another?'"

In case you missed it, boys and girls, we're already in a spiritual war...read Ephesians 6:10-20 for the details. 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 lays down the Rules for Revival. The more "bad news" I hear about the state of the USofA, the more I rejoice that the Lord is getting around to answering my 28-year prayer for revival in the Church and awakening among all the peoples of this land. Now if He'd open the eyes of His Kids to the warfare we're already in, I could jot down another answer in my journals.
Got your Scriptures memorized and internalized yet?

Source for quote: McCullough, David. John Adams. Simon and Schuster, New York et al, p. 609.