The word “church” means “people called out from the world
and to God,” “the universal (total) body of believers whom God calls out from
the world and into His eternal kingdom,” and “belonging to the Lord” (https://biblehub.com/greek/1577.htm).
But the word “church” has come to mean buildings, and
denominations (Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, etc.). And, these
denominations of men have, for the most part, united with the government (in
the USA) in an unholy union, and they have turned the church into businesses of
men, being marketed like any other businesses of men.
So, that is not “the church.” These businesses may be called
“church,” but they are not “the church.” For they are united with the world,
and their target market is the world, and so they pattern their gatherings
after the world in order to draw in large crowds of people from the world.
So, if we unite ourselves with these businesses called “church”
we are not living as those who are truly called out from the world and to God.
So, we need to get back to the basics. We need to return to what the Scriptures
teach about the church and how we are to function as the body of Christ, and we
need to leave these institutions of men who are united with the world behind us
in order to follow Jesus in obedience to his will for our lives.
Something God gave me to share with all of you on this
subject today:
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