Text: Mat 16:18(KJV) “…. And upon this rock I will build my church; and the gate of hell shall not prevail against it"
It is not just enough that we are Christians but most importantly we must practice the original gospel as it was passed down by the Lord Jesus to the Apostles and to all who will believe in is name in all times and ages without addition or subtraction from ministers 1John 1:1 to 3(NLT) . I like you to know that Christianity is not the whole Bible (in as much as we have a lot to learn from it) but the Gospel of Jesus Christ; because not everything in the Bible is profitable or in agreement with the Gospel of Peace.
The greatest issue confronting the church has not been the gate of hell, bad government or other religions it has always been the greed in the heart of church leaders and ministers. This greed has cause many traditions which are not scripturally supported by the gospel of Jesus Christ to be taught, being pass down from so called spiritual fathers to their spiritual sons as against the words of Christ
in ,Mat: 23:5 to 11(NLT) “…..everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels. And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues. They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces, and to be called Rabbi. Don’t let anyone call you Rabbi, for you have only one teacher and all of you are equal as brothers and Sister. And don’t address anyone here on earth as “Father” for only God in heaven is your Father. And don’t let anyone call you Teacher for you have only one teacher, the messiah. The greatest among you must be a servant.
These leaders are indoctrinating their followers after the greed in their heart, teaching things that the Gospel warns us about.
Jesus Christ never said I will build my churches he said “…. I will build my church”.
we all must understand that the church is not a building or denomination. What we call church today is no more than an assembly centre. When Jesus said “…. I will build my church” he meant you and I.
I want you to know beloved that any gathering that is loyal to the message of Christ and acknowledge him as Lord and Savior is his body no matter where they are located or what nation they are. So any minister advocating division in the name of denomination or tells you that his denomination is your God ordain church should be accursed. There is no such thing as your God ordain church or your God ordain minister, every of such message is unscriptural and no more than lies from the pit of hell.
The body of Christ is being mocked, prosecuted, ridicule and weakened because of this division. For a believer to travel from one town to another and not join other believers in that locate for fellowship just because his or her denomination is not in that area is antichrist and demonic.
Few years ago while I was still in the polytechnic I notice that certain believer will only come out for our morning devotion simple because the brother or sister leading us that day does not belong in their denomination this is demonic and against the word of Christ in Mat.18:20 Jesus said “…where two or three are gather in my name there I am in the midst of them” He never said where certain denomination are gathered. The struggle for supremacy among church leader and ministers is so ungodly that material possession and amassing of wealth is now the essence for their various ministries.
Another abominable tradition is that when a person leaves a particular gathering you begin to notice that members of that gathering start treating the person as an enemy.
Any minister that forbids you from listening to other ministers or advocates what Jesus or the Apostles did not practice or teach is nothing but an antichrist and such minister should be avoided 1John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world (KJV). Any minister that advocate what Jesus and the Apostles teaches and practice is a servant of God. Beloved there is only one Church, one savior, one God, one Baptism, one Father, one faith and one Spirit anything added is antichrist.
Finally in Eph. 4:11 to 15 now these are gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s son that we will be mature in the lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. (NLT) from the above scripture we see clearly God’s intention for the five fold ministry. Therefore no ministry can truly bring you to maturity in the faith without the present of the five fold offices.
Ministers are God’s gifts to the church all over the world not to a denomination Jer. 3:15 and I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding (KJV). Your perfection and maturity as a believer come from listening to the five offices not your denomination so if you have being advocating division it time to stop and start speaking the truth in love; I employ you to think on this things God bless you.
Author: Pastor Wealth
Wow,,, thanks for this wonderful message @notbiblical
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