CHURCH - "A SPIRITUAL LIGHTHOUSE"

CHURCH - A SPIRITUAL LIGHTHOUSE

        When our church was started almost 19 years ago, we wanted a name that would describe what a church was supposed to be.  A name on a church doesn't save anyone, but we wanted people to know just by looking at our name what we were all about.  In the Bible, the church was called, "the way, the church of God, the church of the living God, churches of Christ, church of the Gentiles and churches of the saints."

        Someone brought up the name, "Lighthouse."  When I thought about it, that described exactly what a church is supposed to do.  The first thing a church is to do is to shine the light of Jesus and the Bible, warning people of the rocks of sin and of Hell.  Then, if someone doesn't see the light or if they do not take heed to the light and get to close to the rocks, the people in the lighthouse are there to rescue them.  They are not there to condemn them now or preach now.  They just bandage their wounds and try to help them to salvage the rest of their lives.

       I believe that is what God does with us, and what we are to do to help others.  Yes, as a Pastor, I will preach and cry aloud of all the rocks the Devil puts in our way to destroy our lives.  Then, if they don't see or listen, I will be there to help them recover and  go on from there.

  "Helping to keep homes and lives from becoming shipwrecked."