We are consumer driven generation. We get to choose the restaurants we want, the movies we wish to see, the stores we wish to patronize, the vacation spots we want to visit — much of these decisions depends on our income but we still make the final decision. What we like determines where we will go. We go to a grocery store and pick and choose between brands of the same item. Generic brands to name brands, organic to mass produced, vegetables already cut up to whole vegetables, prepared foods to getting your own fresh ingredients, etc. The point is, we get to pick and choose everything! What about churches? Who determines what she will look like? Are we supposed to pick and choose according to our tastes, according to our likes and dislikes, etc.? More importantly, are the church leaders supposed to cater to the people's desires, their wants and cravings, their whims and fancies, etc.?
I. The Church is Christ's Church: "I will build MY church" (v. 18)!
II. Christ will BUILD His Church: "I WILL BUILD my church" (v. 18)!
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Dr. Mark Herzer has been the pastor of Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church (P.C.A.) in Warminster, PA since 1997. Before this, he was ordained to labor as an Assistant Pastor of Korean United Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia (1992-1995). He received his M.A.R. and Ph. D....