The Importance of Pursuing God: Lessons from Church Statistics

As God usually does with me when I get a question. Three days ago, I posted something about how to reap after the planting and watering were done. A video came up yesterday by an Australian minister. He explained so succinctly what has happened to the church world. He explained something that God showed me from my earliest recollections of God revealing things to me. A vision I had at White Hill FWB Church shocked me. What this minister showed me in his message validated my vision. I saw a church congregation sitting and listening to the pastor during a sermon. God showed me that not all were His, as they sat before me. Only a few were His. He showed me that every church is this way. I could not figure out why so many called people were not going to reach a victorious end. Then He reminded me that many are called, but few are chosen. – Matt 22:14.

This minister gave statistics on people who gave commitments to salvation. Eighty to ninety percent of those people dropped out or, as we put it, “backslid”. That means only about eleven percent continued to pursue God. That is sad. The minister went on to explain why. I posted the link to his message at Jack Hibb’s, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Chino Hills, California. No takers on watching it. We need to make sure our calling becomes a certainty. We need to pursue God till we know we are chosen, even the elect.

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About JimR, Chaplain

I'm a 75-year-old guy, in October 2025, who worked in Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune for 28 years and now retired as of 31 Dec 16. I've worked in medical records, the Health Benefits Department, Billing, and the IT department and retired as the Personnel Security Manager for the hospital. I'm a musician and Corvette enthusiast. Yes, I have had two. I traded my second Corvette for a Harley Davidson Fat Boy in mid-summer 2019. Then in 2024, I traded to an HD FreeWheeler FLRT. I've already ridden the new one a thousand miles in 6 weeks. I'm also searching for a fresh new outlook on life with new spiritual insight among other things. I was ordained a minister in 20190202. I've become certified with the American Chaplaincy Association through Aidan University in June '21. Presently, I am a volunteer Chaplain with our county Sheriff's Office. I've found that with the unconditional love of my companion, Libby Rowe life is complete through God. She's a beautiful, vibrant, giving woman who gives her all in everything she puts her mind to do. She and I married on 24 July 2015. She was ordained in February 2022. She has a blog too called Under a Carolina Moon. Give it a visit.
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