The ‘church’ is NOT a building, it is God’s people. We don’t ‘go to church’ … we go ‘meet with the church’ … we ‘go to the church building' (tent, temple, synagogue, etc.).
For many, the church building is their ‘filling station’ … they drive there every Sunday to fill up their spiritual tank for the week; the preacher speaks and reads some encouraging Bible passages; they see and sit with friends and maybe throw a buck or two in the offering plate on the way out … isn’t that what being a ‘Christian’ is all about?
Not even close!
If that describes how you see ‘church’, maybe what you’re really doing is trying to fill up all the empty places and numb the pain; you’re running to the church building or the church instead of running to Jesus.
For Christ-followers, Jesus is our everything, our all. Jesus is our:
Emmanuel, meaning ‘God with us’ (Matt. 1:23)
Almighty One (Rev. 1:8)
Alpha and Omega (Rev. 22:13)
Advocate (1Jn.2:1)
Author and Finisher of our Faith (Heb. 12:2)
Authority (Matt. 28:18)
Bread of Life (John 6:35)
Deliverer (1Thessalonians 1:10)
Redeemer (Job 19:25)
Risen Lord (1Cor. 15:3-4)
Saviour (1John 4:14)
The list goes on and on. There are hundreds and hundreds of names and ways to describe Jesus.
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If you haven’t yet accepted His gift of eternal life, come to Jesus! He is the only way to our Father God in heaven. If you are already a spiritually born child of God, keep watching, finish the race strong because it won’t be long until we dance with Jesus!
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