Tuesday Devotional: Steeples and Peoples
Matthew 16:15-18
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
KJV
CHURCH/ekklesia (ek-klay-see'-ah); from a compound of NT:1537 and a derivative of NT:2564; a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both):
When Jesus used the word “church”, he wasn’t talking about a building. The word in the original language meant, “congregation”. It’s amazing that today that word has been twisted to mean “building”.
It’s always been about the people…and not the steeple.
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"Why build these buildings glorious, when man unbuilded goes, in vain we build the world unless the builder also grows." - Markham
Categories: spiritual devotional
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