Whatever the reason, the church today is not what it could be, and does not seem to be desiring to be all it could be. The answer lies in individuals who walk intimately with God and begin to identify those around them doing the same, and who begin to regularly meet in order to hear the Word, reprove, rebuke, and exhort each other. Perhaps we need the leadership in the church to lead and to quit worrying about the political fallout. Perhaps we need to make the church about God again, and not about us.
The church, the real church, is the bride of Christ, not a brick and mortar structure. It is important to God. It should be important to us, so if it is not, we need to take time to figure out why, and to start to readjust our lives to reflect what is really important.
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, who God has raised from the dead is the chief cornerstone in the foundation of the Church of God, who has been set aside in place of another Gospel and used by our modern preachers in the church as a symbol to preach a social gospel instead of what God has sent them for.
Here is a message for those who God has called to preach His Word. Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to feed the Church of God which He has purchased with his own blood.
Most church services have followed a set program during the services that doesn’t allow for the operation of spiritual gifts to be manifested. The bible tells us that the members of the body of Christ are given certain gifts to be in operation in the church. These gifts are not just given to the preacher, but are given to each member of the body as the Spirit moves from person to person.
These gifts which are divided among the members of the body are “the word of wisdom”, “the word of knowledge”, “faith”, “the gifts of healing”, “the working of miracles”, “the gift of prophecy”, etc. Do we see these in operation during our church services? The answer of course is no we don’t. Why not? Because they are not provided for in the program. God’s movement in the church should not be hindered by a set program, neither should just the preacher be the only one who participates in a worship service.
According to the bible, God has set certain offices in the church for the work of the ministry. There should be evangelists, pastors and teachers. These all have certain gifts that work together to bring us all into the unity of the faith. It should not be all about the pastor giving his weekly lecture and telling stories to attempt to make his point. Most of our pastors believe they should do all things. They believe they should preach the gospel, teach the meaning of scripture and evangelize. They think they have the gift of prophecy and of healing and of speaking in other tongues. This is not the way God has assembled his church. We are all members of the body and should exercise those gifts he has given us. But do we? Probably not, because we are afraid of failing because of a lack of faith which we all have to a certain degree.
In conclusion, we must guard against the slow encroachment of the world’s ways and our secular culture’s values into the church service. The overall state of the church in America is not good, not vibrant and healthy. But biblical action can turn this around! Be zealous for God’s word, for heaven-focused worship, for the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Pray for the sick, share testimonies, involve many of the saints in ministering their gifts, and gather regularly for prayer. And always expect the Lord by His Spirit to manifest Himself powerfully every time the saints gather in His name. You will not be disappointed!
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Real Church
It is true that the real church is the bread of life, bread of life like us to eat a lot of its position to know more about it.
Where is the true church?
I’m not supporting any church here, but I would like to point out some text in the bread of life.
I’ am a Christian from Papua New Guinea a country north of Australia and it’s the second largest Island in the pacific.
My country is a Christian’s country and almost all the citizen are Christians. Almost all the Christians churches are found in Papua New Guinea. We believe in death and rise of Jesus Christ.
But where is the real Christians church?
In 1 Corinthian 3:9-15 talk about all different churches built on one stone which is Jesus Christ. And the foundation of all the church has to come from Jesus Christ. All the churches built on Jesus the stone will be tested by fire and the one that does not burn is the true church. There are some churches built on stone, and some built on Gold and some built on wood. Every church will be tested with fire.
The bible says in Mathew 16:18, peter will be the rock that Jesus and God will built the church on. Bible says that its peter the rock and God’s church will be built on him. That does not mean that Catholic Church is the only church because bible does not mention that its catholic church.
Right after the Pentecost day, there was a great persecution, and all the apostles were scattered. Persecution spread because they do want Jesus teaching to be spread. So some of the apostles like Steven died there and Saul continues to destroy the churches. See Acts 8:1-8.
Acts 12: 4-5 stated that John was arrested and Put in Jail. He hide from his enemies and escape from place to place but he was caught and put in prison.
Almost all of the apostles were not settled down in one place and build the church that Jesus Promise to build on peter, they were scattered all over the place fearing the persecution died.
Romans 16:17-18 stated that, watch carefully for those who cause division to the teaching that you have learnt. And in jut 1:19 stated that, those who break away from church follow their own thoughts.
In Isaiah 28:16 stated that there is only one stone to build the church which is Jesus Christ and Jesus promise peter that he will be the stone that Jesus will build his church. So, where is the church now?
All the apostles die including John without building any church
Where is the True Church?
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