The Ladder (4 of 6)
Series: Essentials
Jeff Ecklund
Genesis 28:10-19
In a conversation recently with a staff pastor, he brought up something that you don't hear a lot about.
That one of the most destructive heresies introduced to the church is the opinion that one can be a Christian and not be part of, go to, or commit to a church...that it's all about a ''personal savior'' and commitment to the local and the universal church is optional...You can't find that in scripture.
I talked with a friend recently who mentioned that he probably needed ''more church''....I agreed...
I replied that the church needed more of him! That's right!
If you look at church like the local gym, health club or latest diet that you need, you are looking through the wrong lenses...You are the church and Jesus is building something that will impact eternity with you and I.?
I love Jesus, and I love and want to be part of what Jesus is building on the earth today...
Jacob described it (the church) as a gate....
Genesis 28:10-19 (ESV) 10Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. 12And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! 13And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, ''I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. 14Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I h ...
Series: Essentials
Jeff Ecklund
Genesis 28:10-19
In a conversation recently with a staff pastor, he brought up something that you don't hear a lot about.
That one of the most destructive heresies introduced to the church is the opinion that one can be a Christian and not be part of, go to, or commit to a church...that it's all about a ''personal savior'' and commitment to the local and the universal church is optional...You can't find that in scripture.
I talked with a friend recently who mentioned that he probably needed ''more church''....I agreed...
I replied that the church needed more of him! That's right!
If you look at church like the local gym, health club or latest diet that you need, you are looking through the wrong lenses...You are the church and Jesus is building something that will impact eternity with you and I.?
I love Jesus, and I love and want to be part of what Jesus is building on the earth today...
Jacob described it (the church) as a gate....
Genesis 28:10-19 (ESV) 10Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. 12And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! 13And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, ''I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. 14Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I h ...
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