F.L.O.C.K Ministries

Something that has been weighing on my mind a lot is; Churches and their belief that if you don’t act as they say you should, (not the way God said you shall) you’re going to hell! The church is made up of people that are supposed to be showing the world what Christ is all about. To be followers of Christ, to be in Christs’ likeness, to show the world that the flesh or satan does not rule us and that it is possible to die to your old life and be born again, a new person. There are many different names, faiths, and beliefs in the church these days. I see most churches concentrating more on how they do their rituals than on Christ. I don’t care if there are candles or if you kneel twice, sit, stand, do jumping jacks, etc.. It’s all man made, so it looks special to the visitors or to give it that God inviting mood. What happened to just being Followers of Christ, plain and simple. No bells and whistles, maybe some beautiful songs reflecting the way we feel about our Lord, some good loving, scritural preaching that guides us in the right direction so that we can follow Christ the way He wanted us to. All His instructions are right there in the Bible, He explained what is bad, good, evil, right and wrong. It’s all there at your finger tips. So, is your church a reflection of Christ? Is the preacher, minister, pastor, etc. a reflection of Christ Jesus? If not, maybe it’s time to have a little talk with Jesus. Where there’s doubt, there’s not God. Does your preacher yell, rant, belittle you or have the it’s my way or the highway? If you answered yes, they’re not of Jesus. Jesus was humble, loving, caring, it’s Jesus’ way. So, if a church is trying to tell you that their church is the only one doing everything right and all other Christian churches are wrong and everyone outside of their type of church is going to hell, well, that’s a good description of a cult. There are so many churches claiming to be the first church, to have the right understanding of the Holy Scriptures, that their way is the only way and they can back it up with scripture and every other type of Christian church is wrong. Not every church can be right and back everything up with scripture and everyone else is wrong, that make no sence. So, do you belong to a cult or do you and your church (if you have a church yet) follow Christ? I’ve chosen to follow Christ. It involved changing everything I do in my life so that if someone looks at me they see a reflection of Jesus. How about you? Will you follow the words Jesus left behind for us to follow? Jesus suffered and died for us, the least we can do for Him is show Him how much we love Him too by being obiediant children. I pray God leads you to a God loving, Jesus following church where you can have a wonderful fellowship while waiting for the return of Jesus our Saviour. God bless you all today and always. Love, your sister in Christ Jesus, Tina Shinn