I will post a good article written about the posted subject.
I read the entire article, and agree with the contents.
According to the WORD,I have know that the ' Church ' is not of GOD Almighty for a number of years.
This article shows from the Scriptures why the 'church' is a business. If i would have written the article, it would have taken a very long time, as i am not very good with the computer.
đ€Șđ€Ș Of course the church is not God if somebody has suggested that they would be saying the churche is pantheistic as well as polytheistic -- how silly đđ
đđ The word for church in the New Testament Greek is áŒÎșÎșληÏία, ekklesia. It has at least five different meanings: 1) body of Christ, 2) gathering of people, 3) local churches, 4) people of God, and 5) ecclesiastical body. The focus of this article will deal with the church being the body of Christ, those who are regenerate.
The Church is not just an ecclesiastical organization.
The Christian church is not just an earthly organization. The Christian church is comprised of those believers who are regenerate (John 1:12-13; 3:3-8; 2 Cor. 5:17; 1 Peter 1:23; Titus 3:5) and justified by faith (Rom. 3:28; 4:5; 5:1; Gal. 2:16-21). They have trusted in Christ as their Savior.
The church is properly called the body of Christ. That metaphor is used to signify us being in Christ and all having different purposes, different functions within that body. Since Christ is everywhere, the members of his body can be everywhere as well.
1 Cor. 6:15, âDo you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!â
1 Cor. 12:12, âFor even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.â
1 Cor. 12:27, âNow you are Christâs body, and individually members of it.â
Eph. 1:22-23, âAnd He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.â
Eph. 4:11â12, âAnd He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.â
Eph. 5:29â30, âfor no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, 30 because we are members of His body.â
Unfortunately, within groups like Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, the members of the body of Christ must also be members of their particular ecclesiastical organization. They conflate the biblical concept of the body of Christ being the regenerate with their organizational church and then they elevate their own churchâs authority. They claim they have apostolic succession and the right to interpret Scripture, administer sacraments, forgive sins, etc. Then, in light of their narrow understanding of what the church is, they often ask, âWho founded your church?â as though theirs was founded by Christ and ours cannot be because we are not associated with their particular group.
Jesus founded my church
Jesus founded our church 2000 years ago and his church is comprised of the regenerate, the saved and they are in multiple denominations. You see, the church is not just an earthly, ecclesiastical organization. It is the members of the body of Christ and those members are everywhere, all over the world (1 Cor. 12:12, 27; Eph. 1:22-23). Different denominations may disagree on nonessentials (charismatic gifts or not, pre-trib rapture or not, etc.) and that is okay because Scripture says we can have disagreements on debatable issues (Rom. 14:1-12). But, those different denominations agree on the essentials of the Christian faith: the deity of Christ (Exodus 3:14-15; John 8:24; 58; Col. 2:9); salvation by grace (Eph. 2:8-9; Gal. 5:4; Rom. 3:20), his physical resurrection (1 Cor. 15:14, 17; John 2:19-21); the gospel (Gal. 1:8-9; 1 Cor. 15:1-4); monotheism (Exodus 20:3; Isaiah 43:10; 44:6, 8); the Trinity (Matt. 28:18-20; 2 Cor. 13:14 ); the virgin birth (Matt. 1:23-25). It is the essentials that unify us in the faith we have in Christ
Moon, do you go to an Organization / business called 'church' or do you go to Messiah, Matthew 11 verses 28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.â
And as far as the forsaking scripture in Hebrews, you need to understand what that actually means.
It means not to forsake those that have ASSEMBLED, as many of the people do.
Moon, do yourself a favor, read the article before jumping to delusions.
Whoa Quizzy, you introduced ALOTA animus against the entire âchurchâ with zero specificityâ-just like old timesâayeâ-how about thatâŒïž đ AND not to mention some false teaching too. RSVP has his work cut out for him refuting all your nonsense.
I fully understand only you make the rules and only you can violate them whenever it suits you.
You seriously donât understand the concept of church in the Bible??
Arenât your continuing attacks on the church motivated by your unconfessed sin of bitterness and lack of love for Godâs people? Why donât ever want to address that ?
Lots of churches arenât legally required to pay taxes and they remain faithful to Godâs word.
But are you actually going to start justifying your false attacks against the church.
I believe Jesus used a parable concerning the wheat and the tares. But I guess youâre smarter than God who, at this time, is allowing the false and the true grow together.
Trouble with you, based on your biblically ignorant posts, you would pull up the wheat to save the tares.
If you donât understand, thatâs ok, donât worry about it
