Jesus started a movement, not an organization.
Jesus created a movement not an institution. When a religious organization replaced the first century Jesus Movement, much was lost in Christianity.
What did Jesus do? He initiated a spiritual movement in human hearts. He didn’t start a formalized religious organization. God’s Spirit doesn’t follow human programming. The risen Jesus causes the status quo to go and that tends to greatly disturb those whose livelihood depends on organizational stability.
A pulpit, podium, or platform doesn’t make a preachers words align with God. Test them all with the Bible. (Acts 17:11.) Religious leaders often see bold proclamation of the resurrection and of the active, present-moment presence and power of Jesus as a threat to their religious authority and to their idol-like prestige.
Good news/bad news: Religious leaders sometimes see the good news of the present-day reality of Christ’s resurrection as bad news.
Christianity is relational, not institutional. It’s experiential, not theoretical. It seems to be much more powerful when Christians meet relationally rather than organizationally — sharing heart-to-heart instead of looking at the back of people’s heads. Unleash yourself from anything that’s holding you back from Jesus before it drags you away.
Christians
Are called to
Be Spirit-led
Not spirit-dead.
A preacher’s words
Soon fade awaym
But words from God
Enter your heart
To stay.
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