Leaving Church?
So many people leave faith in Christ because of the wrong teaching in Church, then blame the Church. However, if you read and study the Holy Bible and find out for yourself, taking on the responsibility of your own spiritually, you are less likely to be deceived or disappointed. Bible knowledge is everything. If you understand the Word of God you will understand what is happening to you and why.
We have all wanted to leave the church at some point in our walk with Christ. Disappointment, heartbreak, abuse and more, drives us far from Gods best and from His love. I have been very hurt by the Church, many times, in many situations. in many Churches. in several countries. But I stay and I minister through preaching and Pastoring the Church. Why? Because the Church is Christs’ body and to walk away from the body is to walk away from Christ who is the head of the Body. Christ is manifest through the lives and gifts of the Church seeks to heal a hurting world. We don’t serve a bodiless God. God calls us into community, fellowship, to be together.
Ephesians 4:4. There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;
Decide today to be the answer to the problem and help the Church to get free from false doctrine. Stay in Church and help her to grow and mature, use your gifts to encourage her. A great place to start is John chapter 3.
Be kind to each other
Paula Rose
1 Corinthians 12:12-31.
Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it. For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
Romans 12:4-5.
For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.