Presents

 Here we are at Christmas time. A time of Presents and Giving.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life

A time that we celebrate the Birth of our Savior. I say our Savior for even if you do not believe in Him, He still died for you to give you the same chance, the same choice that He gives to all.

If you choose to reject Him remember this, He died for you anyway.

He died for you, He calls you, He gives you witnesses and Testimonies of Him and if you choose to ignore, to not hear or heed the Call, then it is your choice to go to Hell not His.

He is not sending you to Hell, He is honoring your choice, the blame lies solely on you.

We do not ATTEND church, We are the church

 

Mat 16:18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 

Upon this Rock (the Rock that is Jesus, the Son of God) shall the Church be built. Peter is not the Rock upon which the church shall be built, but upon his statement calling Jesus the Christ, Jesus is the Rock, the cornerstone of the church.

Neither is the Building we gather in the church, We call it church, but that is a construct of wood, steel or brick.

We do not attend church, this is a truth that we have forgotten. We the Christians, the followers of Christ ARE the Church. The church building means nothing except as a place for the Church to gather.

How we have forgotten this fundamental truth. We do not attend church, we The Church gather in a building to meet with fellow Church members in a spot we agreed to meet in.

We need to remember this.