Is church enriching or entertaining ?

We are living in times where number of churches are increasing but number of disciples are reducing. Jesus did not want us to be mere christians, he yearned us to be disciples. Mathew 28 : 19 says "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,..." Though the number of members in churches are increasing, number of disciples are not growing. As one of the famous preachers R Stanley told that
"A sick church cannot save the dying world".

A good hospital is one, which transform patients to healthy people.
A good educational institution is one which transforms novice people to learned people
A good church is the one which transforms novice christians to ardent believers.

A good church is obliged to help a novice christian to grow in an intimate relationship with God, who can discern the voice of God, who can be a light and salt of this world and lead others to christ not just by mere words but through their lives. But unfortunately, today most of the believers are still like babies as Apostle Paul says in Hebrews 5 : 12 : "You have been believers so long now you ought to be teaching others........... you are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food".

As an ardent disciple of Christ, we are obliged to deny ourselves and have compassion for the needy people, who are yearning for their physical needs, financial needs, emotional needs and above all spiritual needs as Jesus says in Mathew 16 : 24 "Whoever wants to be my disciples must deny themselves and take up the cross and follow me daily."

We are obliged to be like the good samaritan, who demonstrated his love for his neighbor in action instead of the priest who might have merely prayed without showing it in action as James 2 : 17 says "Faith without works is dead".

As we are living in the end days, it should be our utmost priority  to introspect our personal relationship with God as well as relationship with fellow believers.

Let us all thrive to be disciples,  rather than mere christians. May God rekindle the fire of passion to burn brightly for our savior and draw the dying world to the love of Christ through our lives instead of being mere christians.