The Final Countdown

The Rise of Apostasy A Massive Flood of PHONY BELIEVERS A Massive Flood of GREEDY BELIEVERS

3rd reason A Flood of Worldly Believers

Open your Bibles to: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18

1st way Numerical Growth instead of Spiritual Growth

Mathew 28:18-20 “Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me…

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you…

And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

The Drive-Thru Church Believe it or not there’s new drive thru Church in Davenport Iowa, where services only take about five minutes and you don’t even have to get out of the car…

The Drive-Thru Church “Just pull up in our parking lot,” says the Rev. Rich Hendricks who promises some humor in the offerings with congregants dressed up like anglers in tune with a fish theme…

The Drive-Thru Church In fact, everyone will be given communion that’s delivered in a specially made tackle box and a clean bait cup. And a station will even be set up for an informal church choir…

The Drive-Thru Church where those who’re interested, may exit their vehicles and sing along. And participants will also get to take home a special gift in the form of brightly colored fish key chains or other nifty accessories.

The Clown Communion Church A sassy little Episcopal Church in New York City not only has a clown performing their communion services, but even the congregation is encouraged to dress up as clowns themselves…

The Clown Communion Church Looking like a bunch of refugees from a Barnum and Bailey Circus, the Rev. Dr. James Herbert Cooper encouraged the parish family to come to church services dressed like clowns with big hats, floppy shoes…

The Clown Communion Church or some other foolish garb. In fact, he also encouraged those watching on the Internet to put on a white face paint smile as we worship God and learn about the structure of the communion…

The Clown Communion Church How? By being the circus which came to town and to church services on that day. And after the offering is taken, the people respond with their noisemakers.

The Porn Movie Church The People’s Church, formerly known as The First Baptist Church, in Franklin, Tennessee recently achieved national attention by hosting a special event they simply called “Porn Sunday”…

The Porn Movie Church Believe it or not they actually showed an ‘R’ rated film entitled, “Missionary Positions,” to allegedly help those addicted to pornography. In fact, one of the film supporters said…

The Porn Movie Church “We can’t keep up with the amount of requests to do these ‘Porn Sunday’ things, so we’re doing a national ‘Porn Sunday.’…

The Porn Movie Church And believe it or not, one of the Churches that hosted the event actually said they had one of the best days ever in Church.

2nd way Cultural Music instead of Christ-Like Music

Ephesians 5:17-20 “Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery…

Instead, be filled with the Spirit Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord…

always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

3rd way Fluffy Teachings instead of Godly Teachings

Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”