Concerts in the Sanctuary

So what’s all the fuss about having concerts in the sanctuary? Everyone is doing it right? Is there something wrong with it or are people just acting “too saved”? Well the buzz is that many mega churches (churches that can seat at least 1,000 people or more) are opening their doors, the sanctuary doors, to gospel groups and artists local and celebrity to have concerts for various causes. Some hold charity affairs where the tickets sold to get into the concert benefit a good cause. Others hold ticketed events for profit.
Does it make a difference that most of them are religiously related? Hmmm, some say that it does make a difference. Besides, Christians like to hear good live music too on a Friday or Saturday night without feeling convicted right? I guess the hoopla kicks into gear when people start talking about the fact that tickets are being sold in order to attend these concerts, which the scriptures talk about in Matthew 21:12, 13. The scripture reads, “12 Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have turned it into a den of thieves.’” Sounds like Jesus was mad to me!

Anytime you make the Lord mad like that where he’s turning over tables, it must be something wrong with that! Yet in the next verse He turns right around and starts healing folks again. He’s just awesome like that! But the real deal lies in the question, is selling tickets outside of the church to have people attend a function inside the church (sanctuary) the same as selling items in the sanctuary? Some people just sell items still in the church but not in the sanctuary. You know those chicken dinners the usher board sells after church to go towards their portion of the building fund! Just a thought to make you think. Peace.