Jesus left the building a long time ago (I'm not clear that Jesus was ever there, but I'm no authority on such things) and so have we.
Not exact matches
Before getting a job,
leaving your parents,
building a career or starting a family, your deepest need no matter your age is to turn from sin, trust in
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, and
build your lifestyle around His honor.
I like how you ask where the pastors are who would be wiling to bless those who
left the
building to be able to follow
Jesus and the Spirit better... a blessing would be nice change.
Ryan, my wife and I
left the
building and follow
Jesus outside the
building.
If
Jesus has
left the
building, and destroyed it on His way out, why do we make every effort and spare no expense to reconstruct more
buildings?
The opening scene of
Jesus public ministry
left no doubt: a commitment to
Jesus involves a commitment to
build communities of peace and justice.
Still others argue that following
Jesus is best accomplished in a
building at a certain time of week when certain activities take place, while others say that following
Jesus means
leaving our
buildings and going to places where
Jesus would go, such as to the poor and homeless.
We sure can be glad that
Jesus said, «I will
build my church,» for if He had
left it up to us, we would have destroyed ourselves a long time ago... I imagine, however, that sometimes
Jesus is shouting at us, «Stop destroying what I am
building here!»
You are probably right that the shortest way to the heart is through expressions of love, especially if we
leave out the religion that has been
built up around
Jesus.
Jesus Has
Left the
Building, Paul Vieira....
Following
Jesus has led Genevieve to
leave the institutional church and seek relationships with others outside the four walls of the traditional church
building, while Shannon and Jessica have decided to remain within a traditional church setting, but switch from one church fellowship to another.
Thus it is true to say the church of
Jesus Christ has
left the
building (in this case).
Following
Jesus has led them to
leave the institutional church and seek relationships with others outside the four walls of the traditional church
building.
As you know, I've written about this topic and perhaps need to write more, since
leaving «church» often results in a real struggle — a struggle to explain our actions to former «church» friends and perhaps to family, people who are determined that following
Jesus means parking one's butt in a pew in a
building that has a sign out front that says «church».
Jesus was
building a coalition — of tax collectors and prostitutes, of women and Samaritans, of wilderness preachers and leprosy patients, of the poor, the sick, the hungry, and the
left - out — and nearly everyone could see that it was prophetic; it «wasn't of human origin.»