I heard a pastor mention these statements; they caught my attention.

I have been thinking them out.

There is WAY more information that needs to be said about each one, but I’m just going to give you a tidbit about each statement. 

Church needs to be churchie again, it’s time for church to be church again… We need to go back to the basics.

What is going back to the basics mean? Us humans are the church. The church is NOT just a building we have a service at.  I believe it means we go back to see what the Bible says the basics are. A few commandments come to mind…

John 15:12 “So this is my command: Love each other deeply, as much as I have loved you.” TPT

Another Version:

“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.” NASB

Another Verse:

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” John 13:34 NKJV

Another commandment is found in Matthew 28:19-20

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”

So part of the going back to the basics are:

We need to love one another as He loves us!

We need to go make disciples! 

They are looking for Supernatural, but when the Supernatural is taken out of the church- they go looking for it somewhere else.

What is supernatural in the church?

Holy Spirit, signs, and wonders.

In John 4:48 it says:

“Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.”” Romans 15:19:

“In mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.”

Jesus did miracles during his time on earth. Now, with the Holy Spirit living IN us on earth, we can do miracles too. 

Holy Spirit is an AMAZING person to learn about. That’s a blog/teaching in itself. If you want to read about Holy Spirit, He is ALL through the Bible, but Jesus talks about Holy Spirit  in John 14, 15, 16 before Jesus ascends to the heavens to be with His Father.

You may ask how people are looking for the Supernatural.

Witchcraft is just ONE of the perverted versions of Holy Spirit. 

There are so many, many more things that are supernatural on the negative side.

There are people looking for something different which is why they come to Church, but if the church isn’t different then why come? They want a change.

The Bible talks about not conforming to this world, we are to be set apart. Rom 12:2

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2 NKJV

Why are our churches (us) conforming?

Why are our churches (us) being deceived?

 To answer the 2 questions above; I personally believe because they are missing the intimacy with Holy Spirit. They aren’t in tune to the truth of the Bible and they don’t have ALL their armor on.

We have an assignment- but our assignment has issues. Jesus didn’t let the issues stop him. Jesus did what His Father told him to do

Jesus preached, He healed.

When God tells us to talk to somebody, minister to somebody, be a mentor to somebody and that person has issues many of us might stop, think, and tell God “I don’t think so”.

 You may or may not know what’s going on with them but you can’t let THEIR issue stop you. Jesus told YOU to do it and there is a reason.

Jesus, I’m sure was tired and sometimes didn’t want to keep doing what his Father told him to do; which was to preach and heal, make disciples and love, but He did it anyway.

I’m sure there were days when He didn’t want to go walking through the city because he knew someone would need something from him, BUT He did it anyway, because he had an assignment that He had to walk it out.

Final thoughts:

  We need to go back to the basics, loving others and making disciples.

  We need Holy Spirit in our churches.

  We need to stick to the truth and not conform to this world.

  We need to follow our assignment ALL the way through no matter the issues.

I am going to leave you with this statement!

 In a broken world, are we really surprised the world is acting like the world?