Things People Wish to Believe

I wish, I wish, I had a billion dollars! A Japanese company called Softbank promised to invest 1 billion dollars in the U.S. in 2025 for tech company growth, and to add 100,000 jobs. I daydreamed for about 1 minute. What could I do with that kind of money? How many more people could I reach for the sake of the gospel? How many people could be helped? Then reality set in and I know that was not going to happen.

It’s ok to dream, to invision, and sometimes our dream becomes a reality. In context of the faith, many people dream for things that are not from faith that ends up creating a “false religious practice”. Like, “I dream of a church with thousands of members, light shows, great music and programs for every age. Fellowship halls, preschools, day care, zoomba classes and a family life center complete with pools, basketball, and weight-rooms.

Problem: If you dream hard enough all that will come to pass, but at what cost. The church we read about in the word of God, our standard for authority, paints a completely different “church”. A local church whose purpose is to evangelize, edify, and care for the saints of God, and not for food, fun, and fellowship. Not for entertainment, not for filling the belly, but for filling the soul with the bread of life, Jesus.

In this lesson, we’ll consider 6 things that people wish were true, that are not. Six things that people have inserted into “their church practice”, which do not please God.