Church: The Problem With The Answers

CHURCH: The buildings were so grand and received as much reverence as the Lord.

CHURCH: The organization was a sanctuary, respected by even those who didn't attend.

CHURCH: The Pastors were sought out and looked upon as having wisdom & authority.


The Church was once the moral compass in America; a haven for love, salvation and solutions to the ills and devastation of the world. 

And the world was the problem.

Now the compass spins wild.  America is a hot-bed of depravity and what the world offers as love, salvation or solution is accepted; what the church has to offer is rejected and what was once commonly accepted as immorality is subjective and defended.

And now, the church is the problem.

This Church, made up of human beings known as Christians... we are the problem. We have imploded upon ourselves with a spontaneous combustion brought on by the same problems as the world - because we didn't know we had the solutions for the world, and ourselves.

•  Pastors and Priests succumbed to sin and the same immorality of the world
•  Believers no longer believed the preachers, seeing them as hypocrites
•  The power of the Word of God faded as faith in Church leaders faded
•  Leaders began to doubt themselves as they normalized to be "relateable" 
•  As leaders normalized, so did theirs and the problems of the church
•  Solutions to those problems no longer came from the pastors going through them too
• The world began to criticize the church for it's hypocracy
• In response, the church condemned the world for its sin
• The church no longer offered love, sanctuary and forgiveness as Jesus said to
• The church became the detectives, judge, jury and convicting authority of sin
• Pastors stopped preaching the free gift of righteousness by grace through Jesus
• Pastors now teach the Christian list of "Rights & Wrongs" affected by our efforts
• Pastors are promoted, leaders selected and politicians are elected by this list
• And members, Churches, pastors and leaders are rejected by it as well

Sound bleak?  Yeah... in a way, it is.

This is how the church (lower case "c") has imploded on herself with carnal self-combustion.  We've let the world talk us into eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil - deciding for ourselves, according to denominational authority what is "Right and Wrong" in the world, because of the world and in the church too.

And now, not only does the church not have the answers to the problems of the world (as if the world even wants the ones we think they do), the church cannot fix her own problems either.  

We are eating from the same tree as the world, while throwing fruit at them for eating it too!

But there are Churches (capital "C") that are arising in the ranks - globally and even denominationally in some cases (although sporadically) that are returning to the tree of life - eating from the truth of Righteousness, living a life like Jesus who came not to condemn but to save (John 3:17).  It is a Church that still strives to offer love, forgiveness and salvation.  These are the Churches with Pastors who are not afraid to walk in moral truth, while still loving, caring for and helping those who do not.

But these Churches are still made up of human beings, known as Christians... who are largely still conflicted by the ways of the world and The Way of the Word.

• When these Christians no longer waver in doubt, not receiving anything (James 1:5);
• when these Christians are no longer tossed by every wind of doctrine (Eph. 4:14);
• when these Christians walk in unity, not separated by Reps or Dems (Eph. 4:13);
• when these Christians do not just receive, but walk in righteousness (Acts 10:35);
• when these Christians walk in true Spiritual Gifts to help others (1 Cor. 12:1-12);
• And when these Christians walk in the fullness of all God has for us (Eph. 3:19);

...then and only then will WE, actually BE The Church... not "the church," and not "the Church," but "The Church!"  

The Church that is made up of Christians who understand who they are in Christ, is The Church who is able to solve their own problems through the Word of God, and BE the solution to the problems of the world as well!

Right now, unfortunately "the church" is the source of many  of the world's issues with religion.

But right now, more than ever, "The Church" is the only solution to all of the world's issues.

God has given His Church the answers to the problems of the world.  But so long as the enemy keeps the church (and the Christians who are her members), suffering from the same problems as the world - we will not be able to be the light of the world. 

Be the light, ya'll - be The Church.