WHAT IF...

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Here's a question for you to think about today...What if our Church went out of business?  What if Crosspoint Church decided to close its doors and hang it up?  What difference would it make?  Would it be missed?  Would there be a noticeable hole in Pearland?  Would it be a devastating blow, or would people just find other places to worship on Sundays and go on with business as usual?  Would it make a big difference?  Would the landscape and spiritual temperature of Pearland, Texas be negatively affected forever?  Or, would it be forgotten in a few months?

OK, while you're thinking about that one, let me give you one more to ponder...What if YOU went out of the church business?  What if you stopped being a part of Crosspoint Church?  Would you be missed?  Would there be a sizable hole to fill because of your absence?  How long would it take for someone to call and say, "Where are you?"  What ministry would suffer?  Would there be a noticeable hole left because of your absence?  Or, would everything just roll along like it already does with you or with out you?

How sad to think we are a church that could cease to exist without anyone noticing.  How much sadder to think we live a life as a believer and member of the Bride of Christ, that if we just checked out, it wouldn't make a difference.  The Church is a Body and you are a Body part.  If one of your body parts stops functioning, you would notice.  They call that disease.  But, what about you?  Are you a functioning Body part, or is the Body of Christ diseased because of your lack of functionality?

Do you need to be EXERCISED or AMPUTATED?

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