This is the 14th message in a series of messages through the Book of Ephesians. The following was recorded at Island Baptist Church in Beach Haven, NJ. Visit us on the web at www.hopeoflbi.com.
STOP! Stop whatever you're doing and take the next 10 seconds to create in your mind a picture of what, "Church," looks like….are you doing it? What sorts of things did you think of? When polled, the bulk of American Christians describe a scene that sounds very similar to a theatre or rock concert. Furthermore, when many American Christians describe their own role in relation to their picture of Church, they use phrases that sound more like the role of a spectator rather than a servant, or a consumer rather than contributor. In the Mind of Jesus and His Apostles, the picture of a local church looks nothing like that at all. Click the link to discover for yourself how Jesus describes a mature local church and your part in.
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Pastor Luke holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in theology, and is currently completing at doctoral degree in expository preaching at the Master’s Seminary. Luke is the grandson of New Jersey Bible pioneer, Pastor Virgil Geren, founder of Central Jersey Bible Institute,...