Grow Up

 "...that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." 1Tim. 3:15

Being child-like in our faith is not the same as being childish in our conduct, especially in church. The aged apostle saw a need to address this in his letter to Timothy. Evidently he had been told about people who were misbehaving in church.

Some Pentecostals don't know how to behave in church. They think that emotional outbursts are spiritual and that being emotional is being moved by the Holy Spirit. And those saints are mistaken in their fleshly outbursts.

"Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophecy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues. Let all things be done decently and in order." 1 Cor. 14:39-40

For a worship service not to become chaos there must be order and decorum in our worship. We have a song leader to lead worship, not our feelings. If you are the only one doing what you are doing you are out of order and you need to stop. When someone is preaching you are out of order when you constantly burst out in support of what our pastor is saying. stop it and listen. If pastor asks for an Amen give it to him. Or keep your outbursts under control and to yourself. I say amen in my heart 10 times before I say it out loud.

It is childish to misbehave in church. It is childish to get so excited when no one else is excited. It is childish to draw attention to yourself by the ruckus that you make during worship. It's time for a few of our brethren to grow up and behave like adults instead of psychotic undisciplined children.

Someone has to be the grownup in the room. I guess that would be me.