We the people

What is the church?

For the detailed long version of this, read your Bible you can also check out our full article on this, including our video.

I never thought I would ever say this, but I think the government was right, 🤯 when Covid hit they told everyone that “you can’t go to church” and they are 100% right.

I can just see a few people now with their eyes about to pop out of their heads, jaws dropped to the floor in utter shock.

Man, that’s a good image, I even cracked myself up!

As I’m writing this, I hear the rocks rumbling as they are coming together, as the people are scrambling to pick up their stones to throw at me, but in the words of Jesus I will say, to you who is without sin cast the first stone, and if you kill me, well I get to go be with Jesus and we will have a good time laughing about yawls rules.

So if you’re a (Born again, Bible-believing, God-fearing, Jesus confessing, sin-forgiven Christ follower) I don’t even like using the word “Christian” it is such a loose term nowadays, (but this means that you have repented of your sins, turned 180° in the opposite direction and now you are following Jesus, and you love the things of God and you're striving to love God with all your heart soul mind and strength)

If this is true then you cannot “go to church” the reason is, that you are already His church,  His church is not a building it is not a religion, it’s not even a gathering place, it is actually every single person that is a follower of Jesus Christ that is truly born-again and strives to love God with all their heart soul mind and strength, that is the “church”, so you are the “church” at all times. And if you are the “church”, then “church” is really hard for you to actually go to, well actually it’s not hard, it’s impossible.

It would be like this, your sitting at the dining room table in your house eating lunch, and you say “I’m going home to eat lunch” if someone heard you, they would either think you have dementia or a stuttering problem, or they may want to send you to a psychiatric hospital for a mental health check, why? because you're already home eating lunch! I can’t believe y’all made me explain that, I thought it was self-explanatory. lol

But really the only way someone could actually go to “church” is if you are an unbeliever, and then you could go see “the church” (where all the Jesus Christ followers are gathered together and are like-minded or a group that is helping and encouraging one another and loving each other as Christ loves them.) Then they can experience what it would be like if they would give their heart to Jesus. But even if you gather together like this as the Bible says, you can call it a meeting, or a bible study, or even skipping-do but it’s not church.

WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE CHURCH!

The problem is in this day and age. If a non-believer goes to the so-called local “church”, they’re not going to see unity, they’re not going to see God‘s love, because the people are not united, they’re arguing over parking lot issues, or lighting conditions, or what liquid to drink for communion, (Lords Supper) or fusing about what clothes to wear, what instruments and songs are allowed or not allowed, what kind of water saves you, etc. these so-called “churches” have no desire for you to have a personal relationship with Jesus. They are more worried about their congregation's growth and their tithes and offerings and rules and tradition than the people’s personal walk with Jesus.

I’m going to make another statement that a lot of people probably will not like, but the term (let’s go to church) is actually saying this “let’s go practice religion“ And that is a very scary place to be, it does not matter how religious you are, it doesn’t matter how many times you go to “church”, or how many times you pray, how many events you’re a part of, or how many rules that you follow, or how many standards your “church” has, it will not get you to heaven.

Someone said “If we are divided then that might be a good thing” What? are you kidding me, we are the body of Christ the Church like Paul says if you are a part of the body, then you work with the other parts, if your foot wanted to take off running and your leg and knee didn’t then well, I guess now we know the life long question “why a one-legged duck swims in a circle?” lol that was awesome!

You are part of one body, you can’t be separated or spit, and you are not like-minded if all you want to do is cause problems and fuss and complain then you were never part of the body, John says if you were one of us you would stay with us, but since you left us that means you were never apart of us, In Joe Lester terms, “some of us got it and some of us ain’t!” lol But seriously folks, you can’t make this stuff up!

Once you are a (Born again, Bible-believing, God-fearing, Jesus confessing, sin-forgiven Christ follower) you will strive to love God with all your heart soul mind and strength and love each other, then you are like-minded, and you are a part of the body of Christ, and because the rest of the body strives to love God with all their hearts soul and minds as well, and you can not be separated! You will not have a denomination in heaven, you will not have rules in heaven, you will not have “church standards” in heaven, you will not have a division in heaven, you will not have to argue in heaven, you won’t worry about yourself and keeping up with the food line in heaven, you won’t be wishing you could leave, that’s because its gonna be perfect just like God designed it.

We can’t be perfect on this earth as humans, our sin nature ruins that, but it should not stop us from striving to be the beautiful bride of Christ that we will be once we are in the arms of our LORD & Savior Jesus Christ!

For the detailed long version of this, please read your Bible you can also check out our full article on this, including our video.