107 – What would happen if Jesus came to your church?

Last week in Episode 106, I asked my guest, Markus Watson, what Jesus would say to our churches. I'm still thinking about his response.

He said, "He would say, 'I love you guys. Follow me.'"

This week I expand on some of the things Jesus might say to your church or my church.

Jesus’s core message never changed

I think it’s reasonable to assume he would say to us the things he said to his disciples and the people who followed him. 

• He would tell us we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. 
• He would tell us to love God with all our hearts, and love our neighbors as ourselves.
• He would rebuke the self-righteous, Pharisaical thoughts wherever he found them. 
• He would be patient with us.
• He would probably rebuke our lack of faith, just as he did with his disciples. 
• But his rebukes would come, not in condemnation, but from the immense depth of love in his heart for us.
• He would teach us the Scriptures and open them up in way we could see and understand things we had never seen before.
• But most of all, I believe he would tell us about the kingdom of heaven, that it is hear and within us, and our need to completely change the way we see and think (i.e. repent) about God, ourselves, and creation, from a material, earth-based view to a spiritual, heaven-based perspective.

Revelation 2 & 3

The more I’ve thought about this idea of what Jesus would say to our churches today, the more I’ve realized he really has already said what every church needs to hear in the book of Revelation in chapters 2 and 3.

The challenges, the struggles, and the mistakes, the victories, and the defeats the seven churches in Asia experienced are indicative of what the whole Christian church faces today.

Does your church face some of the same challenges these churches faced? 

Are you holding fast to your faith in spite of the temptations all around? Is your church caught up in worldly ways, to small or large degree, and nee

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