The Church is not a man-made building

As I have said in previous posts, many today lack the understand of what is the Church. People think the Church is a building made with human hands. The Church is not a building made with human hands. In this post I am going to prove from Scripture that many people (even leaders) have a wrong understanding of what is the Church.

#1) Buildings made with human hands cannot fear nor hear anything.

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. (Acts 5:11)

#2) Buildings made with human hands do not have ears on them.

Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. (Acts 11:22)

#3) Buildings made with human hands cannot be fed.

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. (Acts 20:28)

#4) Buildings made with human hands do not fit inside houses.

Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. (Romans 16:5)

#5) Buildings made with human hands cannot salute anyone.

Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you. (Romans 16:16)

#6) Buildings made with human hands cannot hear what the Spirit says.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. (Revelation 2:7)

#7) Buildings made with human hands do not have knowledge, reins, or hearts.

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. (Revelation 2:23)

I hope I made my point from the Scriptures that the Church IS NOT a building made with human hands. If this is not plain, I don’t know what is. It does not get any plainer than this. Wait, I take that back. It does get plainer.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? (1 Corinthians 6:19)

If someone who is in leadership or been in the Lord a long time cannot see or understand this, they are blind as a blind cave fish! I can understand how someone who has not been in the Lord can lack this understanding through tradition, but if leadership and people that have been in God for a long time cannot understand this, that is truly sad. For those that can see and understand that the Church is not a building made with human hands, praise God, your eyes are open.

I am not against having a building for THE CHURCH to come to. It is not a sin to have a building. The purpose of this post is to identify what the Church is, and what the Church is not. If someone knocks down the building where I worship God at, they have not “destroyed the Church.” We give the building a purpose, the building does not give us a purpose. Without the people of God, the building made with human hands is worthless.