The Difference Between Winning Souls For God's Kingdom And Members For A Church

The church is a variable but God is a constant.

That's why there's a difference between a soul being won into a church and when a soul is won into the kingdom of God, as the state of the church is hinged upon man who can change, but that of the kingdom of God, is dependent upon God who can never change.

So for a soul to be won into the kingdom of God, the soul must have done what God requires for anyone to enter into His kingdom. But a soul can be won into the church without doing what God requires to be part of His kingdom.

Therefore that a soul begins to attend your church, doesn't mean that a soul has been saved or won into the kingdom of God.

That a soul leaves your church doesn't mean that a soul has become lost or left the kingdom of God.

That a soul is a member of your church doesn't mean that the soul is saved and a part of the kingdom of God.

That a soul doesn't attend your church doesn't mean that the soul is unsaved or lost and not a part of the kingdom of God.

Even the perfect church that Jesus built upon the Words of the Kingdom of God could yet have an Ananias and Sapphira who weren't saved and a part of the kingdom of God as members, how much more a church that has deviated from the Words of the Kingdom of God upon which Jesus founded His church?

The extent to which the church abides by the Words and Ways of the kingdom of God, determines the extent to which it represents the Kingdom of God on Earth, and by extension, the extent to which attending the church implies being saved and a part of the kingdom.

Hence an Ananias and Sapphira being an aberration in the church Jesus founded upon the Words of the Kingdom of God, as most members of the church were saved and a part of the kingdom of God, while an Ananias and Sapphira are the norm in today's church which had deviated from that original foundation, as most members of today's church are unsaved and not a part of the kingdom of God.

Hence the chances of a member of that church being a part of God's kingdom was close to a hundred percent, while the chances of a member of today's church being saved and a part of God's kingdom is close to nil.

If the leaders of today's churches want the chances of a member of their church being saved and a part of the kingdom of God to be as it was at the beginning when Jesus built His church, they must needs go back to the Word of the kingdom of God which Jesus used to found His church.

Otherwise it would continue to be a case of the church being not much different from the world, where her members are more or less unsaved and bound for hell, because they're not a part of the Kingdom of God even if they be a part of the church.

God bless.

Are you winning souls for your church/kingdom or souls for the kingdom of God?