Measuring Spirituallity
I hear it all the time and I’m sure you hear it too. I think I’ve even said it in an attempt to convince myself. Numbers aren’t that important. I’ve even had people try to tell me that Jesus wasn’t concerned about numbers and the Bible really doesn’t seem to care much about numbers. Unfortunately this simply isn’t the case. Does God care about numbers?
Yes, God not only cares about numbers, He cares a lot. There is an entire book of the Bible about numbers, Jesus apparently thought it was important to know how many people he fed, in Acts we are told the number of those who came to Christ multiple times, in Revelation we are informed of the number that worshiped Jesus or the Father on several occasions. In the end numbers are important!!
Every number is representative of people and people are important to Jesus. Next time you are tempted to suggest that numbers aren’t important, ask yourself why? Numbers may not be the only factor we should consider when measuring the health of a group, but they are important and I would suggest that they can be very important.
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