Thursday, May 19, 2011

Church vs. church

When I was 15 I gave my heart and life to Jesus Christ.  I surrendered my life to receive His and to help advance His Kingdom.  I have been in full-time  for 9 years and have seen the good and bad of the inner workings of churches.  Christ's death on the cross and the Upper Room event in Acts 2 launched a new force in the world, the Church. Jesus didn't die for many churches.  He died for one Church, one universal, Christ centered, people loving Church.  But from the beginning of the Church different factions and divisions of the Church began to spring up and now in 2011 we have so many churches that we don't even know who is legit anymore. The Church was designed to be a community of believers who work together to love the world into God's grace and mercy.  The Church was designed to be a community of people who were so in love with their Creator and Savior that opinions took the backseat.  The Church was designed to be a community of people who had a variety of personalities that were embraced as a tool for God's kingdom.  The Church was designed to be a community of people who believed the entire word of God and stood on it unwaveringly.  Instead in 2011 new churches spring up every time someone disagrees with a portion of scripture (who gave anyone the authority to disagree with Jesus anyway).  In 2011 churches seldom work together for the cause of Christ, they work alone for their own personal cause.  We have become so territorial by taking the scripture out of context.  God isn't interested in building our church.  He is interested in building His Church.  Preachers talk about other preachers the way day-time talk shows gossip about celebrities.  This all grieves the heart of God.  We have forgotten who is on our team and who we are supposed to be up against.  It's not about my church or your church but His church.

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