Q&A: What The Church Should Expect
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We sat down with our good friend Dr. Andrew Sandlin and ask him a few questions about the Church in our day. In light of what seems to be a collapse around us what can the church expect for the future?
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- If the church is faithful to Jesus Christ as she should be, she should act on and expect the fulfillment of the promises of God.
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- I was just speaking about this when I was talking about prayer this morning, so it's really on my mind and heart.
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- It's remarkable how unbelieving we are, I am, the church is. And it's easy to get discouraged.
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- We look around us and the pervasiveness of the pro -abortion industry, the pervasiveness of the undermining of sexual values and the sexual chaos and the coldness within the church and just the evil, perverse politicians, all of these things, of course, weigh us down.
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- And they should, they weigh down the prophets. But they should not cause us to diminish our great confidence in the promises of the word of God.
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- God promises that though come hell or high water, it doesn't matter how much the church is attacked, if it would feel as though the church were nothing but a beleaguered minority, that because of the power of the spirit of God, because of the dynamic of the gospel, because of the faithfulness of God's covenant people, one day the entire earth will be covered with the knowledge of the
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- Lord as the waters cover the sea. And know this, a church that is on its knees before God, a church that believes the promises of God, a church that acts out its calling to press the faith in all areas of life can expect over time gospel success.
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- And if you or I think that the church is destined to failure, we basically live lives of unbelief.
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- And unbelief is a damning sin, it's a terrible sin. So I urge you to stand fully on the promises of the word of God, that God will bless us, he will extend his kingdom, if we will get on our face before God.
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- It is true that these blessings are predestined, but we can't say, well, this is all predestined, so I don't need to do anything.
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- The covenant doesn't work that way. Yes, God is gonna fulfill his promises, but if he's gonna fulfill them specifically in us, we need to be on our face before God, obeying the word of God, pressing his claims in all areas of life.
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- That kind of church, I tell you, that church will be blessed of God. It might be persecuted, it might be nearly eradicated, but it will not be, because God will fulfill his promises to his kingdom.