"THE TEN CHEESES OF A CHEESY CHURCH"
1 Samuel 17:17-19-"And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of thy brethren; And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.")
This act of generosity was ment to be an encouragement for David's brothers on the battlefield...howbeit it would take more than CHEESE to bring down Goliath, more than CHEESE to pry a lazy cowardly king Saul from his hiding place in his tent!
*What is this? (CHEESE)...I love cheeze recent commercials talk of  "The Power of Cheese"!  This modern day has adopted a word for everything that is "of poor quality; shoddy, boring, pointless!"......Anything meeting that description is termed "CHEESY"!
You hear young people coming out of the theatre saying, "That was a CHEESY movie, I wish I hadn't wasted my money!"  You-Tube is filled with 100,000 cheesy flicks that entertain people, and has turned into a billion dollar industry.  So, there is a CHEESINESS that is acceptable....and another that is avoided!  A CHEESY CHURCH will just exist....and that is all!!!  (Acts 20:9-"And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead".).....People are falling out (even while the truth is preached) because CHURCHES ARE CHEESY!!!
A man came to me the other day who was a leader in a Prezbyterian church...and he asked, "What are are we doing wrong?  We are nearly 100 years old, we have money in the bank, over 90 acres of church prperty to expand on, but only have 18 people for a Sunday morning worship service!"  I asked him if there was anything unique about their services and how they presented the Gospel.  Before long the answer was clear--HE ATTENDED A CHEESY CHURCH!
#REALIZING A CHURCH IS CHEESY-(1st step!)
(a)-Your attention-span is short!-(Concentration Level)
(b)-Your alliegiance is scattered!-(Commitment Level)(If it's your hobby, job, bills, body...your committed!)
(c)-Your activity is seldom!-(Commission Level)
#REASONS A CHURCH IS CHEESY
(*A SLICE-BY-SLICE LOOK AT MT NEBO CHURCH'S "TEN CHEESES":)
(1)-A LACK OF PRIDE, ENTHUSIASM OR ENERGY AMONG CHURCH LEADERS!
(S.S. is dying out!, Kids use to only watch cartoons on Saturday mornings, now numerous CUSSING cartoons are on the air)  Have you been given a possition?  People sense laziness!  (MENTION EACH POSSITION!)
(2)-NO INTERACTION IN THE CONGREGATION-(people don't know each other!)
(3)-PERVASIVE ANGER AMONG MEMBERS and NON MEMBERS!
(4)-PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IS SLACK!-(not on time, don't bring bibles, hateful at home!)
(5)-NO FUTURE VISION FOR THE YOUNG OR THE OLD OR THE LOST!-(Prov. 29:18-"no vision")
THE YOUNG?-The youth are swiftly becoming "SELF-ABSORBED" like us adults!   Young people begin to question "Why am I here"?  The parents answer is "To listen to us"!...the Teacher at school says "To learn"...The Preacher says "To love God":  But deep down they are looking for SPECIFICS!  High School graduates will tell you that the SPECIFICS of life are their main trouble!  (Who SPECIFICALLY will I marry, What SPECIFICALLY do I study in College, Where SPECIFICALLY will I work for the rest of my life???)  (Esther 4:14-"For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?")
Call up Grandma & Grandpaw and say "I Love You", be helpful at home with chores, then go to church with the goal of learning the bible!  Get involved in LOCAL MISSIONS-(Teens can volunteer at the Crisis Center handing out food & folding clothing-Or you can collect food for the needy!.)...Live a good and decent life before your lost friends and invite them to church, help the unfortunate by doing good deeds for them! 
THE OLD?-You are in a unique possition to do what the young caannot do!  You have the wisdom of life experience.  You are retired and have more time than the young to visit and help others!  Take ONE DAY per week to be-a-blessing to someone! (Take a sick or shut-in person something to eat, make some encouraging phone calls, mow a yard or do handy-man work for the elderly!  Carry the Crisis Center food to the Crisis Center each month, Volunteer at the Crisis Center a day per month!....Many older people just sit in the house ROTTING in front of a TV or in the DARK......GET OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD!!!)
(6)-A LACK OF CARE AND CONTACT WITH THE SICK AND SUFFERING
(7)-NOT USEING AND BUILDING ON YOUR TALENTS-(music, speaking, witnessing)
(8)-THE SAME OLE THING SUNDAY AFTER SUNDAY!-(A pastor can only mix-it so much!)
(9)-A LACK OF GENUINE WORSHIP TO GOD AND SOUL-SEARCHING CONVICTION!
(10)-A WORE-OUT, COMPLACENT PASTOR! (Zechariah 4:6-"Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.")

#REPAIRING A CHEESY CHURCH
(a)...Volunteer-(Eccl. 9:10-"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.")  Mark Rector, Wayne Sloan and others have spent dozens of hours (without pay) working on our Gym...Maybe you have a skill you can share!  Lynn Moose could use some volunteers to help him a few times per year on the church grounds, I COULD USE YOUR HELP GROWING AND MAINTAINING THE WORK OF THE CHURCH!
(b)...Visit-(James 1:27-"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.")  (Acts 6:2-"Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.)
(c)...Value-(Luke 9:25-"For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?)  The single most important thing we have today is our life in Christ!  Yet it is the most neglected area....DO YOU TRULY VALUE WHAT GOES ON AT MT NEBO?  What it will be 20 years form now for your children and my grandchildren will depend on if the CHEESYNESS CONTINUES!