Establishing a Church
God's Creation or Man's Creation
Many of today's church's take for granted the depth and importance of establishing a Church based on the pattern originally set forth by Jesus Christ. God's pattern for the New Testament Church was established to be one universal Church. Church was never intended to be Churches, but that does not refer to a building, it refers to the laws, rules and pattern that were originally designed. Today we have multiple churches, but the pattern in each house of the Lord should be consistent. God has only one pattern for His Church.
Many Church's of today do not recognize nor feel that the diversities of gifts still exist. Some think that once Christ ascended on high that all gifts ascended with him. Others feel that some gifts only existed in Biblical times and the presence of such gifts can not be seen or felt today. For example, many Church leaders will feel safe to say that five fold ministry gifts were taken up......
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