Is the Church Necessary for Me?

In my limited exposure and experience I am seeing an increased interest in God and spiritual life. More people are reading the Bible and pursuing a life that involves more than just material things. Many of these are disappointed by Christian churches and are looking for personal fulfillment outside of and without connection to a formal church. As is often said: “My religion is between me and God.”

I must say that I am put off by 21st Century Christianity. It does not look, act or sound like the church we find in the New Testament and its followers do not submit to the instructions and examples of Jesus’ disciples.

Still, if you are really turning to the Lord and His Word, you must see what He says about the church. Jesus said “I will build my church…” (Matthew 16:18). That church was “purchased with His own blood” (Acts 20:28). Christ is “head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all” (Ephesians 1:22-23). The Lord’s church is central to the entire mission of Jesus Christ. We cannot dismiss His church and seek a relationship with Him! But we do not have to accept worldly-minded churches that do what they want with no regard for the will of the Lord.

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