Jeremiah 7:4 “Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’”
CHURCH WON’T SAVE YOU
The people Jeremiah was speaking to thought the temple would save them. Well, not really, but that believed because they had the temple in Jerusalem, God’s house, that they were safe from destruction. They were sure God wouldn’t let His house be destroyed. They didn’t understand. That wasn’t God’s house. No building could contain Him.
Many people today believe the church is almost mystical. Now, don’t get me wrong. I believe we should honor and protect our churches. But if every church building in America was torn down, the church would continue to live. It is not about a building! It’s about His people.
TEACHING MOMENT
Your children need to understand this now. Even as we holler, “Don’t run in the church” or “Don’t stand up in the pew”, we need to make sure they understand that the church is His people. That can get confusing for kids. They hear us talking about “going to church” all the time. What we really ought to be saying is “The church is going to see the church.”
Now wouldn’t that blow their mind? Talking about confusing them… But we need to make sure they understand what the church is. As believers, we make up the church universal. Sure, we have local bodies of believers who come together to worship as a church. But we are so much bigger than that.
Have you forgotten what church is? Sometimes we get so busy that we fail to remember that wherever we are, we represent the body of Christ. I look forward to taking my church (me) to see the rest of the church on Sunday. I look forward to seeing our combined church worship.
A Moment In Time 