The institutional churches have become a theological training center where the doctrines, codes of conduct and creeds of a particular denomination are taught to validate the beliefs of that denominational institution and a place where people will convert to that denominational faith.
The modern church, whether large or small place an emphasis on quantity and membership.
The Community of the Redeemed that Jesus is building...places emphasis on quality and relationship.
Jesus Himself stressed that "narrow is the way and few there be that find it." We have one instance recorded in scripture where Jesus used a whip to drive religious people out of a building because they were using God as a means to meet their own selfish desires.
I wonder if Jesus came in His humanity once again, would He take a whip to people in denominated buildings because of the deceptive actions that are taking place as His Gospel?
Maybe not...He probably wouldn't dart His nose inside of the buildings called Church.
The Community of the Redeemed that Jesus is building...places emphasis on quality and relationship.
Jesus Himself stressed that "narrow is the way and few there be that find it." We have one instance recorded in scripture where Jesus used a whip to drive religious people out of a building because they were using God as a means to meet their own selfish desires.
I wonder if Jesus came in His humanity once again, would He take a whip to people in denominated buildings because of the deceptive actions that are taking place as His Gospel?
Maybe not...He probably wouldn't dart His nose inside of the buildings called Church.
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