I am concerned by a lot of anti-local church talk in the country today. Few people who have made the decision to stop fellowshipping with the body have read and understood what scripture has to say about the church. There has always been a lot wrong with churches, even among the remaining 11 disciples there were a lot of problems. Peter and Paul wrote nearly all of their letters to churches that had every kind of corruption including political correctness in them but never once did they tell a single believer to leave fellowship. In fact the writer of Hebrews said DO NOT FORSAKE the fellowship aspect of church as you see the end approach.

  Most people have the belief that going to church is supposed to be for them to get something and rarely if ever go with the intention of giving something other than their tithe. The idea that we should go to the church of our choice is a lie from the pit of hell! We should all go to the church of HIS CHOICE for us! We should be going to worship Him not to "GET ANYTHING" but to give to Him period! There is a church somewhere near every believer that needs them, and if not, it is the responsibility of the believer to begin one!

  The infiltration of the so-called social gospel into the Church has made many, not all but many, Churches little more than social gatherings where if we are not the center of attention or the “service” did not touch me personally then the pastor failed and did not feed the flock. If the music is too loud or too contemporary or too traditional it was inferior “worship” and there was no anointing on it.

  For the Church to fulfill its’ purpose in the world, those to whom the gospel was given must understand the purpose that God has placed them here for. The purpose has been hi-jacked by the same spirit that has taken most of the rest of the world, greed. Everything has to benefit me or mine or it is wrong.

  One of the biggest problems with the Church is tradition. Many traditions are little more than ruts, “graves with the ends kicked out”, used by Satan to keep people from thinking. Don’t get me wrong there is a place for tradition; it is tradition that has kept many truths alive and passed down to succeeding generations and should continue to do so.

 The traditional church “service” is not found in scripture anywhere. It is wrongly believed to be the way church has always been. The best description of a ‘Biblical church service’ is found in Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth chapter 14. I can honestly say that I have never attended a Church where I didn’t have that portion of scripture come to mind and want to see it manifest. However only on a few occasions was the opportunity given to exercise the right to do so because it would interrupt the way things are done and cause confusion, and as we all know confusion is not from God!

  Those who would criticize the Church in an attempt to justify not attending one, do so to their own detriment and have no knowledge of what Church is. Church is to be a place where ministry to God takes place. There is no formula or criteria laid out in scripture that would support any other conclusion. During the acts of worship and praise God then begins to minister to His people either directly through His Spirit or through His people. Scripture says that God inhabits the praises of His people and I believe it is during the time He is inhabiting our praise that we receive true ministry.

  If believers would only realize that we have a mandate from God to make disciples of all men and that our God given purpose is to go into all the world to do so, our nation would not be in the shape it is. Being distracted and entertained by the social gospel has cost the present and future of America. The restoration of the nation falls squarely on the backs of Christians and more precisely on the backs of those who are called to be Church leaders.

  America has been lost by the church and can only be won back by her. Those who have left fellowship and turned away from the body must return to a local Church. The Devil has deceived these people into believing they do not need fellowship because they can ‘worship’ Him anywhere at any time. I have had this conversation with many who claim to be believers and have asked them if they actually do make time for worshipping Him and none, not one, has been able to look me in the eye and say they were doing fine with God and were confident that He was happy with their decision leave the body. No one ever told me that they actually used their ability to worship where ever and whenever to actually spend time worshipping Him. They are all deceived and must return to fellowship with the bride or risk the fate of the 5 virgins that were left unprepared.

 The Church needs to get back to the place she was at the founding of America, not only involved in but actually running the country. There is no excuse for our current state and we must repent and cry out to God to restore our first love. We have to stop letting the world dictate our morals and return to Biblical standards of living and governing.

   SAVING AMERICA depends on individual believers actually doing the work of evangelists and that means making the sacrifices necessary to make this a reality. Political correctness kills and divides while helping to confuse issues paramount to the restoration of the republic. We must not be afraid to confront the wrongs within the body and those within our society for fear of offending the elite or those deceived by them!