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 Matt.16: 18. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon
this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against it.
There has been and yet are some misconstrue
teachings concerning the above passage of scripture; to the point that
various religious denominations are formed and in some cases divided.
But, for the purpose of this exercise I beg your indulgence and prayerfully some spiritual discernment as
you continue to read this article.
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In
the Greek this word church is: ekklesia, ek-klay-see'-ah; which has
several meanings such as ( 1 ) group or a community of members, ( 2 )
a calling out of a people from among a people.
Here’s where
we’ve somewhat ran aground with our preconceived ideas and concept of
the word church. We’ve been methodically / religiously trained to
think and view church as some sort of building. Therefore in most
cases 95% of today’s religious leader’s primary objective is to build a
church - a huge building which they calls “The House of God“.
Listen up! Let’s be real and stop the religious madness.
Think
about this! After the Messiah ascended did the apostles do as the
religious leaders of today are doing? Did they all build church
buildings, and if they did; were the buildings across or right down the
street, or a few blocks away from each other? Selah.
Surely,
if there were any set of people that were fervent for the things of
God; based upon their personal experiences with the Messiah, it was the
Apostles Peter, James, John, etc; and if that’s the case, how is it
that God didn’t call / instruct them to build “church buildings” down
the street from each other?
I make no apology in saying that Father Yahweh, the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob is not schizophrenic nor is He the author of confusion.
The
spirit of deception, manipulation and witchcraft has so bamboozled this
generation insomuch that whenever truth shows up; it is immediately
rejected by the religious mindset as to say that they’re defending the
church. Whereas, what they’re really defending is their religion and
their various sacred cows, shrines / buildings that’s called the church.
I’ve had the opportunity to ask
several renown religious leaders questions about their so-called vision from God.
Eighty
percent of these prominent religious leaders vision was centered around
some mega-structure or global village they were building for the
kingdom of God.
What these leaders were calling their Godly vision; was nothing
more than their hearts desires / building projects that‘s being
financially supported by their members who are living pay-check to pay
check and are financially struggling to survive and pay bills.
Does God get any kind of glory in such religious situations and
conditions? No, He does not. God gets no glory, nor does His Spirit
resides in buildings that are called churches.
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The
spirit of merchandising had worked it’s way into the house of God,
insomuch that Yeshuwa Messiah (a.k.a. Jesus the Christ) took immediate
action against the same. Matt.21: 12. And Jesus went into the temple
of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and
overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that
sold doves,
: 13. And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
What do you think He would say and do if He was to show up at these
so-called houses of God, where everything is being sold; such as (1)
various dinners & drinks, (2) the religious leader’s books, c.d’s,
tapes, etc; (3) conference tickets, T-shirts, etc;
What sort of building / temple brings glory and honor to God?
1Corinth.3: 16. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Acts.17:
24. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is
Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
God gets glory from mankind upon our obedience to His
word and our willingness to allowing the Holy Spirit to direct and
build our lives. Whereas, He receives absolutely no glory from the
mega-religious shrines that are built by man.
Stay tune for Pt.2:
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Pastors Matthew & Brendalee Allen
Kingdom Minded Fellowship Center int’l,
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