Nuggets from "An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith" by Dave Hunt - Have You Lost Your Love for the ...

If God in all of His infinite power and love were real to us, the opinions of men, either for us or against us, and the honor or dishonor they may bestow would shrink into nothingness in comparison. And as God becomes real, we inevitably fear Him. This is not the fear of one who is terrorized. It is a fear out of respect, the reverent awe that is becoming of us as creatures in the presence of our Creator, no matter how confident we are of His love and the acceptance we have in Christ. And is not this sense of awe too often lacking among those who gather in most churches? Are not we generally more aware of one another than of God?

We receive many letters from Christians who are having a difficult time finding a church where the Lord is really worshiped in Spirit and in truth (John:4:24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
See All...) and His Word is honored. Of course, part of the fault could lie with those who can’t find a “suitable fellowship.” However, the fact that this same cry is so often heard from all over the world indicates that there must be some truth in it. Who would dare to say that Christians in general and most churches are living up to the standard set forth in the New Testament? Yet we claim to study and know the New Testament, and pastors and teachers preach from it. How many of us have lost that glow of excitement and fervent love of Christ that characterized us when we were first saved? What went wrong?

One could point to a variety of causes. How many Christians spend as much time in prayer and Bible study as they do watching television? Has not television brought the world’s values into our homes? Christians are to be in the world but not of the world. If we took an honest look at ourselves, would we perhaps see that many of us have become of the world to an extent that would alarm us if our eyes were opened to discern it? Would the Rapture, if it suddenly occurred, interrupt plans and ambitions that have lowered our affection from the heavenly to the earthly?