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It's unfortunate to see lots of folks going religiously to church without knowing what God really wants from them. Even some born-again Christians. It's kinda like employees in a factory coming to work everyday to make thousands of toilet bowls when what the company owner wants from them is to produce shoes---because he's running a shoe factory.
Year in and year out, a lot of people go to church doing the same useless things they think please God. There is this idea propagated for years---no, centuries---that going to church pleases God. And yet Jesus didn't put it that way when asked what people should do for God:
"The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent." [John 6.29]He didn't say, "To go to church every Saturday or Sunday." He just said believe.
And believe it or not, many church goers actually do not believe. They're active in church but they're the first to laugh at Jesus' teachings. Look at these passages, for instance:
You cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own. [Luke 14.33]Has anyone seriously given up everything he or she owns and given the money to the poor? Have churches given up the vast properties they own? Their denominational bank accounts? How about popular ministers or preachers who own lots of luxury possessions? You tell them these verses and they'd just laugh them off and give you a doctored explanation of the passages.
Sell your possessions and give to the poor [Luke 12.33]
Jesus told his disciples to give up everything.
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And these passages are just examples. There are many more. No one's really taking Jesus' radical teachings seriously, and yet they all go to church and become active there and donate money and build large, mega churches.
We think singing and playing instruments to God every Sunday pleases him, and we call that Christianity.
James warned us: "But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." He didn't say, "Be doers of church traditions." Real faith is not just being saved by grace. It's also doing the Word after getting saved. Do not be deceived.
And that's the whole point. It's what GOD really wants from us---to live out his Word daily through the power of the Holy Spirit. To give flesh to his Word---offer our bodies as living sacrifices to him through Christ.
It's NOT what we do in that building we call "church." It's how we live outside.
Probably one day I'm going to discuss here what really is church, according to the bible. Aside from the gathering together of true Jesus believers, church is something much, much more. For instance, church is the fullness of God on earth. More on this in another article.
Jesus came to teach us radical things like this---to keep us unique from those of the world. And being unique in Christ means we seriously live out the Word daily. That's how we become GOD's flesh---God is spirit but he wants to manifest to mortal humans as flesh.
Only by seeing God can we truly believe him. Yes, blessed are those who believe though they do not see, but we cannot remain unseeing all our lives. We should see in the spirit.
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. [2 Corinthians 4.18]Yes, it is "unseen" but we have to "fix our eyes" on it. See? You should be able to fix your eyes on the unseen.
So, now God can be seen by mortals through us who are seriously believing Christ and living out his Word daily. In fact, we should come to the point where we cease to live because it is already Jesus living in us---living our lives---moving, talking and relating to people through our flesh.
Thus, GOD's Flesh.
This is just a summary. You will discover more about GOD's Flesh through my e-book, "GOD's Flesh." Click this link for more!
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