But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people acquired by God, so that you proclaim the virtues of he who called you out of darkness into his admirable light.
1 Peter 2: 9
What purpose does the local church have? Why is it necessary?
According to the Bible, the local church exists to do so together what every Christian should do individually all week long; that is, worship God and manifest the excellencies of Him who has called us from darkness to his admirable light; reflect the glory of the One who shone on us, of God, of Christ and of the Holy Spirit. Everything that Christ He has done for us in the past, and everything he does now, leads to the same end Today is not taught much that is God who saves us. We believe that we are saved for various reasons.If you asked the average Christian why he was saved, I could respond by referring to peace of mind or the ability to quit smoking.
If he were a businessman, he could say that he looked for the Lord Jesus as a helper, because his business was going badly and he wanted Jesus to be his partner. We have many other reasons, and I do not want to be too hard on these people. In the New Testament, each one approached the Lord for many different reasons. A man came because his son was sick. A woman came because the sick woman was her daughter.
Another woman came because during the last twelve years there suffered a chronic illness. A politician climbed a tree and looked at Jesus because his heart ached; and Nicodemus went to Lord at night because his religion did not help him and because I had an empty heart. And the Lord received them all, as he receives to everyone who approaches Him with faith today, although his motives do not be the highest. The question is: Why should we always stay where we started? Why should the Church be a spiritual school made up of first-graders who never change of course? Nobody wants to move on, and I do not mind saying that begins to tire this situation. I think a concept frightening and confusing of Christianity.
The Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross to turn his people into worshipers of God. For that we were born, to be able to manifest the excellences of him who called us from darkness to his admirable light. «Adore Him, because He is your Lord». We will see that fulfilled purpose-adoration-when everything is finished, when the consummation of time has taken place. The living beings, the elders and the creatures under the sea, on the earth, under it and in the heavens, cry out to a voice:
«Holy, holy, holy, Lord God. almighty, that was, and it is and it will be! " God's purpose is to redeem us, to include us in the heavenly choir for us to sing their praises and manifest its excellences as the centuries pass. This is the purpose of God in redemption.
He has done for us, and continues to do, what he has always fact; everything leads to a single end, and everything we do should bring us closer to this. We must harmonize our ideas with the Lord of the Church This means that you must harmonize all your thoughts, all your philosophy of Christianity, all his concept of what the Church is, with the Lord of the Church and his teachings.