Is Your "Baby" Dead?

How Are We Doing?

Tragically, the element of worship is largely missing amid all the activity that goes on in the church! A number of years ao i read a newspaper account of a christening party in a wealthy Boston suburb. The parents had opened their palatial home to friends and relatives, who had come to celebrate the wonderful event. As the party was moving alon and the people were having a wonderful time eating and drinking and celebrating and enjoying one another, somebody said, "By the way, where is the baby?"
The heart of that mother jumped, and she instantly left the room and rushed into the master bedroom, where she had left the baby asleep in the middle of the massive bed. The baby was dead, smothered by the coats of the guests.
I've often thought about that in reference to how the Lord Jesus Christ is treated in His own church. We are busy supposedly celebrating Him, while He is smothered by the coats of the guests.
We have many activities and little worship.


John MacArthur
The Ultimate Priority
p. 21