(The following comments are not an attack on the Church but rather an appeal to evaluate one’s self and current position. I need to improve myself and hope what God is revealing to me will help you too.)
Lately, I can’t help but feel concerned about how the Church is being represented. When I step back and look observantly (not judgmentally) at the church, I don’t see to much that reflects what the bible describes a New Testament Church as being. Since the Church is made up of Christians, shouldn’t the Church look like a Christian? Shouldn’t the Church act like a Christian? Shouldn’t the Church live like a Christian? Shouldn’t the Church be a direct reflection of the Christians that make it up? That’s the part that concerns me. Is the reason why the Church is in the shape it’s in because it’s simply reflecting what it’s made up of? Christians are not suppose to be selfish or self serving, but rather servants of others. Christians are not suppose to be only concerned about themselves but should reach out to others. Christians are suppose to “owe no man nothing, but to love him” and yet the majority of Churches today are in debt up to the steeple. It seems to me that a cleansing is in order. In our individual life first that will result in a cleansing and renewal of the Church. What do you think?