One Body

Today as I talk with other ministers both on-line and in person the one common thing in the western church is transfer. People are transferring from one church to another, or transferring right out of the church. People all have their reasons rightly or wrongly and that is between them and God but the one factor that we can all miss from time to time is GOD. He is the one who called us in the first place, He placed us in the church and He should be the only one we move for. He died for the Church. I hear many saying "I am the Church" which is true to a degree, but its the corporate gathering of the many members that He is joining together that makes the Church.

(Rom 12:5) "So we the many are one body in Christ, and each one members of one another.
We cannot love the Head (Jesus) and not the body (people of the Church). We are , like it or not members of each other."

It's time for the new generation to arise those who are full of faith and Grace, who look beyond and build for the Kingdom. I once spoke in a church in Sydney and I said these words. "Those who bail out of Church now and do not fight to belong, will miss out on what the faithful will become". The Pastor of that Church rang me and reminded me of my exact words, and thanked me for them. It's time for me and the general body of Christ to fight for what is ours, our heritage in Christ that will come to those who are faithful. And to those who CHOOSE to walk in unity with a clean heart.

Well those are my thoughts, Pastor Rob.