Unfortunately, the devaluation of membership has crept into the church as well. People just don’t see the benefit of formal membership. This is not just a problem with people not liking the idea. Our leaders have often done a poor job teaching the value of church membership. We love God and one another with true affection and good works. And we hold one another accountable as we seek to glorify God together; being united to one another in love.
For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:11
“...Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Luke 12:7
I was just in the second grade when Jesse Jackson came to my elementary school and told us in a speech, “I am somebody”! I will never get that day! In teaching us how to live, Jesus used sparrows to illustrate the same point, WE ARE SOMEBODY! A worthless sparrow. “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God...Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows” (vv. 6-7 NKJV).
