What happened to our love?

[Lighthouserc]

We're commanded, encouraged and persuaded throughout the word of God to fellowship one with the other. We're to love the brethren, submit to the brethren, not fight with the brethren, sell your property and give to the brethren, but yet, we're not... What happened to our love? Why can we go sunday after sunday and never take out the time to go see about one another? Do we think that God would get mad at us if we shut down services one day and attend service elsewhere? Not services out of town, but maybe right down the street from you. Why are brethren attending services at their own ministries, giving their tithes and offerings, special offerings, first fruit offerings, auxillary dues, breakthrough offerings, sacrifical offerings, and building fund offerings, but yet, when they ask their ministries for help with food and clothes, members have to go down the street and around the corner just to get help. Why? Because they've been told no at their own places of worship because the church is not a welfare agency. If we're the light of the world, has the switch been turned off and no light bulb to be found? The discussion is open to one and all. What happened to the love? What happened to the fellowship? What happened to working together to tear down the enemy's kingdom? If Christ walked down Bradley Ave (where most of our churches are..) would He be pleased? If your answer is no...what happened to the love??? We welcome all thoughts and opinions.

[Pastor Vince Elam]

I was waiting to see if anyone would start this off. Since no one did I will start it off by just quoting from the word of God. This passage says it all and if you can't Amen the word " HUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM"

Love One Another
11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.12 We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous.13 So don’t be surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
14 If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead.15 Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don’t have eternal life within them.
16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.17 If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?
18 Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.19 Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.
1 John 3:11-19 (NLT)