What are a few signs of a church in decline?

1. Fear the pastor. No fear of God

2. Choose useless traditions over doctrinal truth

3. Desire ministry without consecration

4. People-pleasing, not God-pleasing

5. Desire the honour of men

6. Neglect meetings for non-emergencies

7. Compromise spiritual growth for earthly blessings

8. Sermons that reveal personal bias against marriage

9. Emotionalism, not Spirit-led

10. Sunday school is a formality

11. Confuse music and singing with worship

12. Love for language, place, family, etc.

13. Depend on man and medicines rather than God's word

14. Seek spiritual counselling from worldly people instead of the Holy Spirit

15. Listen to seducing spirits

16. Speak lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared

17. Forbid marriage

18. Forbid eating certain types of food. Veganism, etc.

19. Self-lovers, proud and boastful

20. Ungrateful and blasphemous

21. Greedy for position, fame and name

22. Unholy

23. No love for others

24. Unforgiving

25. False accusers and divisiveness

26. Speak of good, do not love good

27. Act godly but do not believe in the power of God

28. Backstabbing saints

29. Love pleasures rather than God

30. Desire to rule rather than lead by example

We are in the last days. It should not come as a surprise to us. The Bible has already warned us about these matters. Let nothing among these creep into our lives. May God help us stay faithful till the end.

Maranatha, Praise God, and Amen.