How is Christ building His Church?

Nell · 10-24-2019, 06:23 PM

Here’s another question: Do you believe He will build His church in any way other than the path he has already given? I.e.,
1. Believe in Him
2. Trust him
3. Obey his commands
4. Talk to him
5. Listen to him
6. Love the brothers
7. Assemble together
8. Pray
9. Break bread together
10. Read his word.
11. Fellowship with one another.
12. Eternal life
13. Bearing one another’s burdens

And many more...

His building plan is a great mystery so he broke it down For us. This does not assume any kind of organization. Neither does it exclude some kind of organization...formal or informal. If these items do not exist among believers, could this possibly be “the church”?

When he said “I will build my church” he didn’t give specifics, other than what he has already spoken in his word partially listed above.

If we think we have “church” nailed down, we can probably guarantee...that’s not it!

Do we really need to know “how” he will build his church?

Nell

byHismercy · 10-26-2019, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Nell

Here’s another question: Do you believe He will build His church in any way other than the path he has already given? I.e.,
1. Believe in Him....

I have one more for the list, Nell. Love our neighbors as ourselves. In addition to love our brethren. Imagine the impact of loving our (unsaved) neighbor may have on them in the world as we know it now (more wicked and degraded than ever). Imagine the testimony that must have in their hearts. Who may turn to Jesus, simply seeing a testimony like love coming from a Christian?

10-24-2019, 06:23 PM	#1
Nell Admin/Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 2,121	Re: How is Christ building His Church? Here’s another question: Do you believe He will build His church in any way other than the path he has already given? I.e., 1. Believe in Him 2. Trust him 3. Obey his commands 4. Talk to him 5. Listen to him 6. Love the brothers 7. Assemble together 8. Pray 9. Break bread together 10. Read his word. 11. Fellowship with one another. 12. Eternal life 13. Bearing one another’s burdens And many more... His building plan is a great mystery so he broke it down For us. This does not assume any kind of organization. Neither does it exclude some kind of organization...formal or informal. If these items do not exist among believers, could this possibly be “the church”? When he said “I will build my church” he didn’t give specifics, other than what he has already spoken in his word partially listed above. If we think we have “church” nailed down, we can probably guarantee...that’s not it! Do we really need to know “how” he will build his church? Nell Last edited by Nell; 10-24-2019 at 08:25 PM.