Amen. Being focused on the world is dangerous. Too many evangelicals see lost man as their primary focus, rather than Christ Jesus. This results in church becoming a haven for spiritually dead people, with the saints being droned into submission or departing for a true church. Worldlings invite other worldlings to entertaining event-driven religious meetings, all the while convincing one another that they are approved in the Lord. Spurgeon said, “If your religion does not make you holy it will damn you to hell.”
The church must first and foremost focus on the Lord. It’s primary mission on Earth is to disciple saints of God so they are equipped to go and proclaim Christ to those who are perishing.
But how else can we get the lost into the church!?! < sarc>
Has anyone out there actually thought about the possibility that the worldliness we are told to avoid might just mean during worship?
Well said. It isn't about men, it isn't about how we can work to save men, it is all about Christ Jesus who redemptive work has already been accomplished. It is not about what we can do, but what He has already done and where He is leading us.