Why Does The Church Exist?

Why Does The Church Exist?
Brad Reiches
May 17 2006 10:00PM

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Thursday, May 18, 2006

GodThoughts Wired!

"Why Does the Church Exist?"

"Let all things be done for edification."

1 Corinthians 14:26

 

I was recently asked the question, "Is church for the believer, or the unbeliever?"  My answer was, "Wrong question?"  The church exists to help people find God and nurture their relationship with Him.  The Biblical definition of a "seeker" is someone who is sincerely "seeking God," or "seeking truth."  A "seeker-sensitive" church by Biblical definition would be FILLED WITH TRUTH AND FILLED WITH GOD.  My heart breaks, and aches when I hear things like, "We don't talk about money in our church because we don't want to offend "seekers."  I guess somebody forgot to teach Jesus how to "do church," since He talked about money more than anything else (Of course, I'm being sarcastic - Jesus taught so much about money because it is so central to the heart of man).

"For where your treasure is there will your heart be also."

Matthew 6:21

Tragically, all too often "seeker-sensitivity" is merely an excuse for compromise.  I'm all for "cultural relevance," "state-of-the-art technology" and excellence from the platform, but for PETE'S SAKE (or more literally, Christ's sake), whatever happened to...THE BIBLE!  A careful study of the Bible will show that it is only the methodology that is supposed to change...NEVER THE MESSAGE!

For an in-depth discussion on this subject, click on:  What Does the Bible Say About, Seeker Sensitivity