03
Jun
Is Jesus Still Visible In Church?
Have you attended a church service recently and felt neglected, unwelcome, dissapointed or even confused? Are you offended with the recent mess in the many groups called churches today? There is no need to despair. This has happened before and was also predicted for this end-time.
The question is, what is your aim of going to an assembly on Sunday morning? Who do you expect to meet when you go to church? The eyes of understanding of your heart must look over the congregation and the men sitting at the altar else you’d be dissapointed. Look on to Jesus, the author and finisher of your salvation. Let your focus be on the word of God. The word is Spirit and gives life. No Pastor gives life. No Pastor works miracle. Jesus is the miracle worker. He is the only one who baptises with Spirit and fire.
What then is the church and what is the purpose of the church? The church is the congregation of believers and is the spiritual body of Christ on earth delegated to continue witnessing to the resurrection of Christ. It is not the building neither is it the denomination or sect. The church doesn’t happen only on Sundays or fellowship meetings. Wherever believers are is church. What true believers do all times is church activity. The Church is a training ground for believers to be tooled and kitted for the kingdom work. The Church is the inn where the broken, wounded, and the defrauded are nursed back to good spiritual health and then sent back to battle to help others.Luke 10:30-35. The role of the church was spelt clearly to Peter: Feed my lambs. John 21:17
Could you see the robbed and wounded all around you? Is it right to just cross to the other side of the road as did the Priest and the Levite? Church leaders, do you allow people to see Jesus when they come to your assembly? Have you removed the screens of flamboyant dressings, false claims, false doctrines and heavy yokes of offerings with which you disrobe Jesus? Is it still business as usual? May we learn from John the Baptist who said, “He must become greater and I must become less” John 3:29-30
Related Resources:
http://www.thehighcalling.org/Library/ViewMessage.asp?MessageID=346; http://www.us.cfan.org/Bible-Study.aspx?id=10421