Something profound came into my mind and I feel that God is speaking through me and that is this: The western church has become a prostitute rather than a Bride.
We have become a organization to attract people to the church. God has clothed His Bride with jewelry and crowns and earrings, likewise, He has given the church things like a building, worship instruments, rooms, etc. But we have become like an unfaithful wife and used these things for our own benefit. We use big banners, cool stage lights, fancy decorations--the things that God has clothed us with--and we have used them to bring wealth and fame and numbers and recognition to ourselves. Rather than drawing people to Jesus, we use these things to draw them into a building and into a corporate building.
If the church was the Bride of Jesus, we would be faithful to Him. Rather than feeding our desires to have more attendance and bigger buildings and more ministries--that would be like a prostitute sleeping with many people--we would use all the beauty and blessing that Jesus has given us to serve Him and Him alone, like a faithful wife.
On the outside, many churches seem to be do the right thing, drawing people into the church. But that should not be the point of the church. It should not be this prostitute-like church where we try to attract non-believers into how good looking the building or the schedule or the structure is. Rather it should be a Bride-like church where we walk out of the doors with our groom, Jesus Christ, into the streets and community, and show others how beautiful Jesus is.
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