Grace, Faith & Life

Source: Opening Thoughts – Google Docs 

Church and the New Covenant believer:

Churches are community, serving, and motivational. Salvation is personal and spiritual. Most Christian theology and church programs tend to tie Christian living to the church.

Some of the early “big” churches did not turn out very well. They had different problems which I think, for five of them, was because they had lost this “personal” identity with the Holy Spirit and bestowed their efforts on the church.

Seven churches in Revelation 2:1-29

Ephesus – the church that had forsaken its first love (2:4).

Smyrna – the church that would suffer persecution (2:10).

Pergamum – the church that needed to repent (2:16).

Thyatira – the church that had a false prophetess (2:20).

Sardis – the church that had fallen asleep (3:2).

Philadelphia – the church that had endured patiently (3:10).

Laodicea – the church that was lukewarm and insipid (to God) (3:16).