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Be a Hero

October 9th, 2008 by Jeremy Sprouse

Do you ever wish you had supernatural powers—the ability to bend time and space, to fly, or have lightning at your command? Movies and shows like Heroes often make us imagine what it would be like to be a hero. Every Christian, however, is already a hero with a special power. We have the power to bring someone to church with us. Here are two easy steps to use this power.
First, offer an invitation. Invitations make people feel special, wanted, and accepted. Isaiah prophesied the Church age would be a time of invitations: “And many peoples will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths’” (Isaiah 2:1-3). Think of someone you would like to see in church: a friend, someone you work with, maybe even a member of your family. Then, make a plan to invite them to church.
Second, attend with the person you invited. Don’t invite someone to church then abandon them in an uncomfortable situation when they come—stay with them. Be there to explain what is going on and why we are doing it. Many people do not understand why we take the Lord’s Supper every week, or why we are not singing with instruments. You do not have to go into a deep theological discussion or convince them to change their ways, simply say: “The apostles and the early church observed the Lord’s Supper every Sunday and we try to do things the way they did” or “We don’t use musical instruments because the New Testament does not authorize them and the early church did not use them.” Introduce your guest to your friends and family in the church (especially the preacher and the elders).
The power of a simple invitation can set someone on the road to salvation. We can be heroes by simply inviting others to church.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pm and is filed under Bulletin Articles.

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