We can evangelize or socialize. It all depends on whether you are saved or not.

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In the church today everything is kept in the four walls but we need to be disciples and touch America. Were sending all these people all over the world but what about America. We have been content to keep the LOrd to our selves. This is not right we need to take Jesus to the streets and everwhere we go. You see the bible says that we can heal and cast out demons but here we are just sitting and not doing the work of God. Forget abou prosperity messages and put our focus on our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Watch what the Lord does in your life when you take Jesus everywhere you go and the blessings will fall from the sky. It is not about you or me but about the LOrd.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Conner on June 25, 2009 at 8:44am

We don't understand much of anything about the Bible or church. We don't understand the writers of the Bible used a Hebrew mindset, not a Greek mindset like we do. And approaching it from a Greek mindset will lead to misunderstandings. One website, ancient-hebrew.org, does a decent job of explaining the Hebrew mindset. We also don't understand Jesus was Jewish, not Greek. We can't make him look like us and have the real Jesus. We also don't understand that the church is a building of living stones. In other words, we are the church, not a building, programs, or leadership structure. The church is supposed to be a living organism, something God can freely move in and people can use their gifts freely, but orderly, in. There is probably more I could say about it, but we're not going to get anything right until we get the right foundation--Jesus. The real Jesus. Now, who is the real Jesus? Find the answers to that question and we all can get the rest.

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Permalink Reply by olivia chapman on July 6, 2009 at 5:02pm

i agree with you i think it's time for the people of God to stand up .I think it's time for us to stop bein religous and start being on fire for God i think religon is the main reason so many christans are stuck in a rut we get so caught up in being a Baptist or being an pentecostal when really we just need to all be one body and come together as the children of God andforget about being Bapitst etc.. and also forget about the color of our skin none of those things matter to God .Jesus died to save all and we as his children need to remember that to.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Conner on August 16, 2009 at 8:30am

Exactly. And a lot of those divisions and factions we identify with take things out of context or completely twist Scripture and teach that as truth. If we looked at the Bible as from a Jewish perspective and saw what Jesus really meant, we would see some huge differences that would show almost every denomination to be wrong in teaching. Not only that, having factions like this goes against God's will because He wants us all to be one Body of Christ, not 39,000+ with a new one at least every other day, like we have now. Don't identify with a faction. Identify with Jesus. He is the walking revelation of God, but like God, he is also possibly the most misunderstood person in history. He shows us the way, we must walk in it and quit trying to make our own. Remember the 2 Great Commandments. Israel first had 10, then they changed it to over 600. Jesus takes it back down to 2. That is the way to walk.