Christian Fellowship and the Church

When you read church history, beginning from the time of the apostles and on through the rise of the institutional church, the Dark Ages, the Reformation, the Revival moments and the pentecostal/charismatic movements, it becomes very clear that Satan has always been trying to derail the Church of God.

It is the Church which is the primary object of God's love, and therefore the primary object of Satan's hatred.

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Brethren, Jesus Christ is Lord (master) of the Church. HE is the one who bought us all with His blood. (That is to say, by his death on the cross, He paid for your sins and purchased you and me out of the hand of the devil). It is now our duty to submit to Jesus Christ absolutely. HE is Lord of all.

I hope these Scriptures below will suffice to make God's viewpoint on this matter absolutely clear to you, that both corporately and individually, we are owned by God.

" ... the church of God which He purchased with His own blood." (Acts 20:28)

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The book of Revelation chapter 17 makes it clear that there is a Great Harlot (Prostitute) with whom all the kings of the earth commit fornication.

Rev 17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,
Rev 17:2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication."


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The word translated "church" in Greek is 'ekklesia' which means an assembly of people called out. It is as if God calls people out from the world and they assemble together as the Lord leads.

Now as Christians, we are called by God to "love one another", "serve one another", "exhort one another" and so forth, and these things cannot be done in isolation. You can't live out the Christian life without developing committed relationships with other believers.

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The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, A they will grow like cedars of Lebanon; planted in the house of the lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, "The lord is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." Psalms 92:12-15.

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