Churches that don't know God - Part III

Would you want to be part of a “religion” that has 41,000 different denominations?

Well it would appear that not many people in the World would want to be part of such a thing either. To my fellow Christians – do you realize that the way we do Church, the way we try and portray Christ, is not the way that Jesus himself lived life or did church? If Jesus were to come back today, oh boy, how He'd show us that the way is NARROW!

These churches that we have all around the world are not the churches that Jesus built. Jesus built one Church and it was built upon the Rock! Most churches out there are built on a man's idea; on a group of peoples' ideas; but they are not built on the Rock!

Go around – test the church you go to and see if their teachings align with scripture as a whole – yes not scripture as in “I'll take this one verse out of context and teach a message about it” - but examine it and see if it is aligned with the entire Word of God.

Now, my fellow Christians – do you know how narrow the way is?

Do you love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind? OR Do you love that new iPhone or TV you just bought lost week?

Do you love your neighbour as yourself? OR Do you have so little time for others because you're busy with your own life?

My friends – Jesus came and taught a new way; a way that wasn't about an eye for an eye, but a way that was about LOVE. We as Christians can't win over the World by doing what the World teaches – we can only win over the World by doing what God Himself teaches.

Now – be careful my friends - Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

In other words my friends – beware of other belief systems. There are people who lack the God of the Bible in their lives – for they don't follow the one and great commandment – Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind; BUT, they do their best to follow a commandment that is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself. The issue is this: these people follow that commandment to win people over to their belief system by using certain teachings from the Bible, but they do it for their own personal gain, for their own selfish reasons.

This is why – we have 41,000 different denominations. This is why people don't want to be part of a “religion” that has 41,000 different denominations. This is why people see Christianity as a religion when it's supposed to be about relationship.

We as Christians, are failing my friends. We lack God in our lives and all sheep are going astray. I don't look forward to a judgement that awaits us. We as a church need to repent, and turn back to Christ and pray for God to pour out his Holy Spirit upon us and teach us the Narrow way, that we may love our neighbours as ourselves, but not for our own personal gain, but that we would all be in harmony with one another, and that we would all at the end of the day praise God.

My brothers and sisters, let's go out and love the World as we were taught to do; even if it leads to our exile, even if it leads to our own families disowning us, even if it leads to our death. This was the way of the cross, this is the way of Christ, this is what we are called to do.

Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.