One of the worst things that can happen to a charity is a cure for the disease for which they are raising money. If a truly effective cure for cancer were found all the executives who work for the American Cancer Society would be hard pressed to continue their jobs and thus pay their mortgage and car payments. This actually happened years ago to the March of Dimes when we discovered a cure for polio. However, they were innovative and quickly shifted their purpose to raising funds for research related to birth defects.
I was wondering what would happen to some churches if we all stopped sinning. Sometimes we refer to churches as hospitals for sinners. Obviously, this is a purely hypothetical thing as long as you and I are alive on earth. The reason I even bring this up is sometimes when I go to church I hear more about sin than I do about Jesus. Sometimes guest speakers spend thirty minutes telling us how bad they were and finish with thirty seconds thanking Jesus for rescuing them. I actually wish the time frames were reversed. Then sometimes I am told how bad I am. I don’t need that. I really am an authority on me. I think preachers do this sometimes when they are leading up to a call for people to come forward to accept Jesus.
If we think of churches as worship centers the eradication of sin would not cause a problem. There are some wonderful accounts of worship in heaven.See Revelation 7:9-12. It is a very impressive scene filled with angels, elders and beasts. I don’t want to miss mentioning that we also get to be there. How grand!
Written by Roger Bothwell on October 1, 2009
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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