INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF GOD

Our culture has developed a system of dealing with our aged parents and grandparents. We "put them away" in institutions for the elderly. It is all neat and clean. They are out of our daily lives and we can go visit them on weekends, schedules permitting.

But we have done this with God for a long time. God is neatly tucked away from our daily lives. His worship and service is even tucked away, because we do that on Sunday at the "worship service!"

Where do you worship God?

Where do you serve God?

Where does ministry take place in your life?

Have your centered or limited these activities to some man-made insititution?

Most of the body of Christ has.

This is sad! Shame on us! Will we continue to be party to such a conspiracy against God? And a conspiracy it is. It is a conspiracy against the truth of His word, the truth of our identify, the truth of His very own character and attributes. Resist this "Institutionalization of God"! Refuse to allow our God to be "put away"!

PROTEST by refusing to participate in such a practice any longer! Let us be who we are! We are the church, we are the house of God, we are the habitation of God, we are His building. The worship, service, and ministry of God are daily features of His life in us and are not regulated by time or place. Let's stand there!

"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me" (Galatians 2:20).

Clyde Pilkington

Gladstone, VA

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