The Church

Josimar Salum

"Enter into His presence with singing and dancing." Church long ago was formal and a ceremonial meeting, confused with sacred places until someone discovered that God is in His people, and does not inhabit in temples and doesn't abide in structures. And solemnity turned into Liberty and reverence turned into Joy. Wasn't so with Jesus and His disciples?

In each corner there is a Christian church where people invoke Jesus. Pastors of these churches that claim to follow Jesus barely talk to each other and believers are required to ask authorization from many of them to visit other churches. You can name these churches whatever you want, but Jesus doesn't call those churches His Church. Surely He is Shepherd of many sheep among them. They are still scattered within these religious penitentiaries. He is calling all His sheep to come out and be with Him only.

I hear many people talking about the need for revival of the church, that the church is cold, that there is no unity among the pastors, etc.. Jesus is the Head of the Body, the Church. Jesus is Alive and His Body is alive, healthy and is not divided. The Church is One. Jesus did not promise to wash and sanctify the church at Ice Street. If you are revived, full of the Spirit, of Faith, of Love and you keep the bond of peace, you are in Christ. If not...

You believe in a heresy if you consider the church as one building and if you consider those that meet there by the name by which they are known.  Because in every city there is only one Church, the flock of God and one single body of priests, that shepherds the flock of God.  The church meets in many different places and can not be prevented from gathering in one place. Those who do not join the others are in direct opposition to God. They are dividing the Body of Christ and who destroy the Body of Christ, God will destroy them.

Individually we are kings and priests, collectively we are the Church of Christ. Individually we are members of one another, collectively we are the Body of Christ.

There is no medieval church, no early church and not a church of today. There is the Church!

There are new words in the Kingdom of God. A new way of thinking. If you keep using the same words, people will keep understanding the same way.

The Church has no wrinkles. Do you think that the Holy Spirit is failing in preparing the Bride of Christ?

People keep confusing the Kingdom with the Church.

The Church, the body of Christ is just one. All of believers who are in the third heaven with Christ and those who are alive with Christ are one body.

The City of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem is the Church of the First born. All believers, born again - sons of God though are on Earth and in Heaven NOW are in a joyful One ASSEMBLY. (Hebrews 12:22-24 NIV)

If you want to preach with authority you have to wait for the truths you learn to sink in, become your flesh and be one with you.

When we preach so fervently denouncing the heresies and the apostasies of today we MUST BE CAREFUL to not touch the Bride of Christ.