| When Did Jesus Instruct His
Disciples To Establish Brick and Mortar Churches? To my knowledge He never
did. Jesus instructed His disciples to go
throughout the world, in pairs of two. He
instructed them to preach the gospel and baptize
those who heard the message and believed.
These evangelists were not
to worry about money or material possessions. His
instructions were to stay in the homes of those
who invited them and accept their charity... not
to amass fortunes as our preachers and
evangelists today do.
Paul established the
"brick and mortar churches" and that's
when all of the chaos began! Paul's letters
to the organized churches - that he had founded -
were always meant
to scold them and correct their misguided ways.
All of the old pagan beliefs began to resurface
within the organized churches and the church
members mixed those old pagan ways with the
gospel of Christ. The same goes on today!
Now the organized religions
and churches are money motivated businesses that
mix the new-age teaching of a materialistic Jesus
with the true, biblical teachings. The doctrine
that these "brick and mortar" clubs -
that call themselves Christian churches - in fact
are dens of thieves and business men and women
who chase a false Jesus and mixed doctrine from
hell.
The so-called Pastors and
Reverends turn their head and overlook evil that
their members practice because they don't want to
lose their tithe or decrease their membership
numbers. These preachers are simply businessmen
who answer to a board and/or a supervisor in the
hierarchy of their denomination. If they want to
advance and be promoted to larger, better paying
churches they have to satisfy their board members
and supervisors.
I refer to 1 Cor: 5 vs 9 When I wrote
to you before, I told you not to associate with
people who indulge in sexual sin. 10 But I wasn't
talking about unbelievers who indulge in sexual
sin, or who are greedy or are swindlers or idol
worshipers. You would have to leave this world to
avoid people like that. 11 What I meant was that
you are not to associate with anyone who claims
to be a Christian yet indulges in
sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or
is abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Don't
even eat with such people. 12 It isn't my
responsibility to judge outsiders, but
it certainly is your job to judge those inside
the church who are sinning
in these ways. 13 God will judge those on the
outside; but as the Scriptures say, "You
must remove the evil person from among you."
Read the whole chapter from
your bible. Then ask yourself - "Is this the
way my church is run?"
Organized religion, ruled by
men who are more interested in money and numbers
are the tool of Satan.
Still your friend,
John
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