The doctrine of the Church is probably one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented doctrines historically and even more so today. Many confuse it with “The Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven,” and others confuse it with the term, “Christendom.” So much is made of the larger terms, The Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, and Christendom, that the world tends to make correspondingly little of the Church. So much is being made today of (so-called) Christianity that churchism, as those things pertaining to the Church is called, is put down as a consequence. Religion and Church-Today it is very common to hear, among the heathen and the Christian alike, “I don’t believe in organized religion.” The problem is, most people use this phrase as a synonym for, “I don’t believe in church.” Religion and Church are not synonymous terms in the Bible. Religion- According to the Bible, religion is the outward trappings of our service to God. Jas 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world. “religion”- thrace-ki-ah, religious worship, esp. external, that which consists of ceremonies, religious discipline, religion “church” - ek-la-see-ah, a called out, baptized, body of believers.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 08:58:03 +0000
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