The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast

#1,188: Jesus is Building His Church

• Loren Hicks

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What is Jesus doing today? He is building His church. We hear stories about churches closing and increasing statistics of people who won’t belong to a church community, yet you and I need to be assured of one great truth: Jesus will build His church.


Main Points:

1.  Recently, I’ve been hearing this phrase more and more. “I love Jesus, but I don’t love the church.” I’m also hearing a lot of people say, “You know, you don’t have to go to church to go to Heaven, you just have to believe in Jesus.  If this is your sentiment, let me give you something to consider. The church has a divine creation.  Some say, “The church was man’s idea.”  No, that’s not biblical.  The church was God’s idea.


2. Let me ask an important question. How can we love Jesus, and not love what He loves? If we have placed our faith in Jesus, how can we not be a part of what He is doing on the earth? How can we not join together with other Christ-followers to fulfill Jesus’s mission? 


3. If you are a believer in Jesus, recommit to being a part of His church. Let’s love what Jesus loves and let’s be a part of the church He is building.



Today’s Scripture Verses:

Matthew 16:18 - “…I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”


Ephesians 5:25 - “…Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”


Acts 20:28 Jesus “bought the church with His own blood,”



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