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Six Kinds Of Men In Every Church 1 Of 2
Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 7, 2022 (message contributor)
Summary: There is a very famous poster that has been on display for many years. It shows “Uncle Sam” pointing his finger at young men and women saying, “I want you!”
God’s church today desperately needs men and women, but did you know there are some people that the church would be better off if they did not have?
WHY WOULD I MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT? Because God can use some men and women to bring many into the house of God. But also Satan can use some to drive twice that many away from the house of God.
For example, in Proverbs 18, we see six different kinds of people that you will find in every church. Five of these six are the kind that hurt the church. Why? Because some people can be more HURTFUL than they are HELPFUL!
Who are these that the church does not need? The church does not need -
I. THE ANTI-SOCIAL MAN
Look at verse 1, we read, “Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.”
WHAT KIND OF PERSON IS THE ANTI-SOCIAL PERSON? He is the kind of a fellow that willfully “separates” himself from others. This man has a problem with people!
• He is the kind of a fellow that will leave a church service telling everyone, “I will never go back to that church again because not one person spoke to me or shook my hand.” This is what he says about the church service.
• What he does not tell everyone is that he willfully separated himself from everyone and he did not speak to or shake hands with anyone!
To hear him talk EVERYONE WAS UNFRIENDLY but he wasn’t.
However, his willful behavior of separating himself from everyone makes him as much to blame for the anti-social behavior in that church as anyone!
People like to play the BLAME GAME!
Illus: Let’s take a few minutes and play the "Blame Game". You know how it is played:
• You are driving 100 mph in a 45 mph zone. You lose control, flip your car on a sharp curve, and critically injure yourself. Who is at fault? No, not you! The Dept. of Transportation is for not making the degree of banking on the curve great enough to keep you on the road at 100 mph.
• You are going 75 mph in a 55 mph, and you are pulled over and given a ticket that gives you enough points to have your license suspended. Who is to blame? No, not you! The officer should have been a little more sympathetic to your situation.
• You are wearing a shirt that needs to be ironed. Instead of taking it off, you try to iron it with it on and guess what? That’s right, you get burned. Shame on you right? No, it is the company who made the iron who deserves blame because they should have warned you that ironing clothes while they are on your body is dangerous.
• You pull through McDonald’s for some hot, yes hot coffee. While trying to drive your car and eat your Egg McMuffin, you spill your hot coffee all over yourself. You moron right? No, it is McDonald’s fault for making that coffee too hot!
• OK, one more. You decide that you need to fix the electrical component in your TV. Without unplugging it, you begin your work. Oh-Oh! You guessed it. You get fried! Dumb you right? No, RCA should have told you that you were at risk for electric shock!
This blame game has become be more popular than football, basketball, soccer and baseball all put together. It seems as if everyone wants to play it.
Our children have learned to play this game.
Illus: One young man was caught with tobacco in his mouth. When he was asked about it, he said it was in his mouth, but it wasn’t his. He was only holding it for a friend. Some friend!
This blame game goes back to Adam and Eve. When God questioned Adam as to why he had sinned, he was quick to say that it was that woman God gave him that caused him to disobey.
• Alcoholics want to blame drinking on a disease.
• Homosexuality is said to have a genetic basis, or to be due to a part of the brain called the hypothalamus.
The blame game has become very popular. In fact, they have discovered that FAT may be due to another genetic sequence, it has nothing to do with eating ice cream.
People make a mess of their life and then they want to blame God for the mess.
People are accountable for their actions.
Illus: A few hundred years ago, bed mattresses in America used to be filled with a stuffing of corn husks. Each year it was the children's job to refill the family's bed mattresses. They had to be very careful to use the right amount of husks for each bed.