Something Is Missing In Today's Church

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

(John 13:34-35) (34) "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." (35) "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another."

(1 Corinthians 13:1) "Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and have not charity, (love) I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal."

(1 Corinthians 1:10) "Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and the same judgment."

(2 Corinthians 13:11) "Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you."

(Psalms 133:1-3) (1) "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" (2) "It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;" (3) "As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore."

(Acts 2:1-2) (1) "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place." (2) "And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting."

PREFACE SUMMARY

Dear reader, as I look at the influence that the church has in the world today, I seem to be left with some very important questions which I really do not know if people will agree on the answers however there is some hope found in the words of Jesus in (Matthew 16:18) which states that the Lord will build his church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Saints, the word of God speaks volumes about working together in unity and harmony but beloved, You can tie two tom cat tails together and then throw them over a clothesline and they will get together but there will be no harmony between them.

Beloved reader, the word in (John 13:35) states that people will know that we have experienced the new birth when they see love in our life and you can follow someone around for a day and tell if they have love for even the lost person the street can tell when love is present.

Saints, these foundational stones (Love) (Unity) (and harmony) must be present in our life before we can operate in the gifts of the Spirit and if they are not present, we will be operating out of worked-up flesh and that is why I titled this message, "Something's Missing."

(1 Corinthians 13:1) "Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal."

Beloved, this means that Christ who is the head of the church will build his church on top of the false, the hurting, the broken dreams and broken hearts including divorce and worldly views, yes Beloved, the true church of Jesus Christ, is not and will not be a weak church.

Dear reader, history will show that God has always provided a way to preserve his church so that even the gates of hell could not prevail against it and we can see this preservation in doing a study on the famous leader Alexander the Great who is referred to in scripture as the rough he-goat that marched against the Jewish people intent on destroying their nation for not sending assistance and supplies for his army when he was attempting to take a city.

Beloved, history shows that he assembled his mighty army to destroy the nation but was met by the priests dressed in their priestly garments and when he saw them, the Lord touched his heart and caused his anger to turn to favor as God showed up to meet the need and preserve his nation.

Saints, we will discover in Jewish history that many times God would allow things to happen that would make his people look weak and their enemies look like they were being exalted to their greatest height, for beloved, God was known to take a small number in their greatest weakness and conquer his enemies in their greatest glory.

Saints, there is a lost and hungry world out there that is looking for answers, and beloved Saints of God, we have those much need answers because we have been through the tests of life and gained strength from our battles which qualifies us for our position but we cannot do it alone for there is strength in numbers.