Quality and quantity go hand in hand

Thursday, 29th March 2007

Many of you out there would have known by now that my recent spiritual spurt is due to the fact that I have been feeding on the Word of God through one the LORD's most anointed messengers - Pastor Joseph Prince of New Creation Church.

I hear that their congregation has now surpassed the 15,000 mark!

There are people who say that quality is more important than quantity.

I beg to differ. Both should go hand in hand.

I remember RevBarnz saying over the pulpit sometime last year that quality time implies quantity time. For example, how can someone claim to be spending quality time with his children if it is only 5 minutes out of his 24 hours per day?

Reminds me of an advertisement by Malaysian Airlines where this guy was in the garden encouraging his toddler to take his first steps to walk towards him. The next scene shows the poor toddler looking around confused, because his father had suddenly disappeared, apparently rushed off to the airport to catch a flight.

Seems like the term "quality time" was coined by someone as a means to justify the lack of time he was able to invest in his family, because he had many other commitments that took priority (and hence also a large quantity of his time) each day.

If something is important to us, we will make time for it.

Someone who claims to be a child of God cannot set aside only 5 minutes each day for his Quiet Time. Jesus would get up early every morning to spend quality and quantity time communing with His Father.

Back to the topic of church membership. A church with 15,000 members is not to be sneered at.
The LORD says in Matt 7:16 that "by their fruit, we shall recognise them" and again in Matt 13:8 that "seed sown on good soil will yield thirtyfold, sixtyfold and hundredfold". We also read in Isa 55:10-11 that when the Word of God goes forth, it does not return to Him void but accomplishes its purpose. Just like the rain that falls from heaven waters the earth, so that it furnishes seed for the sower and bread for the eater.

The largest church in the world is Yoido Full Gospel Church located in Seoul, Korea and led by Dr. David Cho. It has 800,000 members.

Quality and quantity membership.

The ministry of Dr Cho and Pastor Prince has yielded thirtyfold, sixtyfold and hundredfold in terms of membership growth because God's Word has gone forth and not returned back to Him void.

Quality and quantity go hand in hand.

Shalom
Malcolm