The Church That Saves

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed.” Luke 4:18.

This verse is the core mission of the church according to Jesus, and I will share with you a real life experience and my personal vision of what the church stands for still backed up by Luke 4:18.
It’s not the cathedral, dome, building, paintings, decorations and the congregation that make the church, the church is simply the presence of God in a place.

So when we gather in that place, we gathered to tap from the presence of God, every believer carries the presence of God, no doubt but the altar in the church is greater than the altar is different, even Jesus being God and the Universal altar went to church.

The altar in the church is different from the altar in our hearts, the Presence of God that revolves around the church is higher than the dimension of the Presence of God in our hearts.
King David carried the Presence of God like no other, but he was always in the Temple, the church isn’t the building, the Church is the Presence of the Living God EL ECHAD.

It may be a hut, it may be an old building without a roof, it may be a place with few congregations, but remember it’s written where two or more are gathered in my Name I AM there in their midst.
We don’t need to see tall building to call it a church, we don’t need the crowd to call it a church, we need ONLY the Presence of God to call it a church.

When you hear some people talk about the church they make reference to nice structure, the man of God there, these things don’t make it a church. Without the Presence of God, no matter how large the building or the congregation might be we can’t say it’s a church.

I write by divine revelation, what I see I put into writing, as I was looking, I saw a young man chased about by two strong men, he ran into army barracks, they couldn’t save him, he ran out, they continued after him, he ran to different places of help but nothing could save him, he ran across the world looking for help, no help in a few, he continued running.

In the course of that chase, he ran into a small building in a village that looked like a bush, unknowingly to him it was a church, a mud church, he knelt facing the altar.
The altar might be decorated with gold and diamond, but if the Presence of God isn’t there, it’s a mere shiny ornament.

It’s the Presence of God that empowers the altar not decorated ornamental pieces.
I have nothing against beautiful large buildings as a place of worship, but let it not be a distraction of what is real, let it not convince you to believe the Presence of God is there, it may or may not, it’s important you make that spiritual inquiry.

Of what use going to place void of the Presence of God for worship? À quoi ça sert d’aller?
As he was kneeling there, in minutes the two strong men came into the church, they searched for him in that small space, look at him at the centre, but they couldn’t see him.

He was covered by the Presence of God; the Church is a space fixed by the Presence of God, if the Presence of God isn’t there, my friend, don’t say you’re going to church, you’re going to an empty building.

There’s no one who steps into the Presence of God and leaves empty, not true, how can we step into the Presence of EL ECHAD and go home as we came?
What we need is a place where the Presence of God dwells not beautiful building, what we need is a place where the Presence of God resides not crowd.

Let them take the crowd, let them take the beautiful dome, cathedral, and edifice but you have to choose a place where the Presence of God dwells, for that’s the church.

DON’T SAY YOU’RE GOING TO CHURCH IN A PLACE WHERE THERE’S NO PRESENCE OF GOD.
Some go to church because the building is so fine, some go to church to meet friends, some go to church to display new dress and material possessions, but I ask you, why do you go to church?

If you’re sincere in your heart then overlook the building whether beautiful or ugly, overlook the crowd, few or many, search for a place where the Presence of is, even if it’s under a mango tree be there and it shall be well with your soul.

If you’re chased around by troubles, problems, debts and forces you don’t know, the only place you can find redemption is in the Presence of God, the Church, when they chased King David about he ran into the church, so run into it.

– Kanayo Ebuka