What is the Church?

Before we get into the question of what is a church, we need to take a look at a few other questions that will help us narrow it down.

1.        Is the church a building?

2.        Is the church one person in the body?

3.        Is the church a preacher?

4.        Is the church a particular denomination?

5.        Is the church founded on ANY gift from God?

6.        Is the church better by the clothes the congregation wears?

7.        Is the church the financial or political standings?

8.        Is the church the Bible you carry?

9.        Is the church the music in it?

10.   Is the church the amount of people in it?

11.   Is the church based on a race, ethnic background, or gender?

12.  Is the church based on physical beauty?

13.  Is the church based on IQ?

14.  Should a church follow any other guidance then the Bible and The holy Spirit from God?

If you answered yes to ANY of these questions, you need to take a step back and discover God’s more and stop listening to your own desires. Rich, wise (in the world), intelligent, beautiful, and well dressed people are burning in hell right now because they “thought” they were saved and following God’s will; the truth was, they were following their own arrogance, but still we need to ask, "what is a church?"

How many times have you walked into a church and found yourself right in the middle of a fashion show? Some of the vainest displays of arrogance are in the “church”.  It could be a member, usher, deacon, choir leader, or even the pastor. Have you ever had a member of the largest church in town come up and say, “I belong to the church of ________” with arrogance?  Do you think this was pleasing to God? NO!

One of the best-executed attacks the Devil has made with great success on the true church is the separation of the church. The Lord Jesus has HIS “church” separated by MAN’S denominations, doctrines, and church perversions. Many of our cities and churches have become modern day Sodom’s and Gomorrah’s as well as racist venues. So many churches are so busy fight each other that they forget that the real fight is with the Devil. If you do not believe in the Holy Bible as a whole, then you are perverting God’s Holy Word. 

“Rev. 22: 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19.  And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”

This verse leaves little doubt to your judgment if you "take away or add" to the verses in the Bible. Many of the people in these churches are stuck so deep in the paradigm of the teaching of a particular denomination, what they don’t realize is they are actually in a cult, not a church of God. If your “church” only reads a verse or two of a passage, and does not put it into context with the whole passage, they are perverting the word of God; It all comes back to what is a church. If you read the Bible:

“1 Cor. 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.  28.  And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29.  Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 30.  Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 31.  But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.” 

It states we are all the body of Christ and all have different gifts and/or jobs in God’s plan. The unfortunate problem is the body of Christ has cancer in it. The cancer of doctrine, denominations, of vainness, and arrogance, racism (yes you herd me), and cults. Yes God’s body does have this but he can clean it away any time we ask him to with a true heart for him. When you have cancer the doctors on the earth try to burn it away with chemotherapy and radiation; ever wonder why hell is so hot? We have the power to turn the "Church back into our "Saviors" church or you can keep doing the devils work; the choice is yours.