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Hey, if you’re a Christian there’s something really huge you need to know! Ready?
You are apart of something so much bigger than yourself.
YOU ARE THE CHURCH!

Now, I know many of us (including me) don’t always enjoy the antics of the local
church. We’ve all grown weary from water-downed teaching; Tone deaf to preachers enamored with the sound of their own voices; Discouraged by the slowness of change and aversion to become more culturally relevant;
Not to mention our utter hatred for hypocrisy. All valid concerns for sure, but regardless of their validity, all lame excuses for not being apart.
BEING A PART OF THE CHURCH, YEA … NOT OPTIONAL!

The truth is this, whether we always like it or not, the Church is, well it’s who we are! Too many of us (as Christians) are thinking we’d be better off without all the baggage that the local church brings. We’d rather prefer to turn this family of faith into a one man sport, but we’d be wrong to think that. We are The Church (singular), The Bride (singular), The Body (singular). It means this … our identity, purpose, meaning and reason is to be found in the church more than it’s found in anything else on the earth.

The Apostle Peter (who was not much of team player either) came to this realization; “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous Light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God.”

That means we seriously ought to consider adding this to the top of our Resume: “A PART OF THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD”

If for whatever reason you’ve fallen out of love and fellowship with the local church, consider two things.
1) The Church needs you.
2) You need the Church. There truly is apart that’s missing when you’re not a part of Church and a piece in you that’s missing when it’s not a part of you.

St Augustine said there are two causes of sin: either we do not know our duty or we do not perform the duty that we know. That often tends to be the case when our fellowship tank is on empty. That’s why the writer of Hebrews declares, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”

The truth is Church needs you and you need Church! Come and fill your divine spot in this amazing organism of God. Find a loving place to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth; Grow in His grace; Sit and be taught from His Word; Jump in and call it home. Let’s be who we are, for the glory of Whose we are!
LET’S BE THE CHURCH!

God bless you.