The Greatest People on Earth

I am a Christian. That is always first. The greatest event in my life was at the age of 27 when I received Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. Everything else in my life is focused on that greatest event. I am a Christian husband who loves his wife with all his heart. Melissa is a great and wonderful blessing in my life. I am also the Christian father of three beautiful daughters; Sarah, Michaela, and Hannah. My daughters are a great joy to me. I am also a Christian Pastor who has the privilege of serving Sandy Bottom Baptist Church in Kinston as their shepherd. I know we live in an age when many people do not see the need in being part of a local church. Personally, I have discovered the greatest people on the face of the earth are found in the local church. Are they perfect? No. Are they always what they should be? No. Do we all look the same? Not all all. Does everyone always agree? Of course not! Yet everyone week we all come together in spite of all our differences for worship. One of the great and amazing joys I experience on Sunday mornings is to watch as our church family arrives for worship. I see the young, the old, the educated and uneducated, the wealthy, middle class, and poor, the democrats and republicans, and folks from all walks of life. We gather together with all these differences but part of ONE BODY-the Church. People saved by grace through faith. We serve ONE Lord as His body. I could not imagine living the christian life without the local church. I have heard people say "Well, I don't have to attend church to be a Christian." While that may be true doctrinally allow me to ask "What kind of marriage would you have if you never came home?" I love the local church with all her flaws, failures, and shortcomings. I know someone else who feels the same way too(Ephesians 5). The church is here to help you live out your faith along side other sinners who have also been saved by grace through faith. What a wonderful mystery!