Ecclesia – The Church

Matthew 16:15 - 19 (NKJV)

Matthew 5:13 - 16 (NKJV)

Matthew 5:13 - 16 (TMSG)

John 12:35 (NKJV)

2 Corinthians 4:5 - 6 (NKJV)

Acts 26:17 - 18 (NKJV)

Luke 2:52 (NKJV)

Acts 2:46 - 47 (NKJV)

Acts 17:6

Mark 2:15 - 28 (NKJV)

Matthew 16:18-19 (TMSG)

Summary

The mission of the church is to aggressively infiltrate every aspect of society and season that particular environment with the influence of God’s love and light. It is by this means lives are changed and the Kingdom of God is realized in the earth. We are the ones who stand in the gap and hold the darkness off and exude the light of God!  In order to do this we must have good standing with the world around us. We can not stand off and exclude the world from our fellowship because in doing so we exclude them from our influence as well. Christ never shied away from the social or religious settings of His day. Odd isn’t it that Christ condemned the religious activity in the temple and made wine for the wedding feast! He came for sinners and we must do the same.  

Thanks for all

David