Our Perfect Savior

There are many people that go off and search for the perfect church.  The perfect church would be just the right size, not too big and not too small.  The preacher of that church would be warm and friendly, but not too friendly.  He would relate to the people in his sermons and share the word of God, but he would never use too much Bible, nor would he be too worldly in his address.  The doctrine in that perfect church would be right from the Bible and of course there would never be any disagreements on doctrine, not in the perfect church.

In that perfect church, the carpet would be the right color and not worn out.  The pews would be kept clean and tidy and cushioned too.  There would not be any broken pencils stuck in the pew holders and absolutely NEVER a piece of gum stuck underneath the lip of any pew. 

The people in that perfect church would have to be hospitable and friendly.  They wouldn’t ask too many questions, neither would they be trite or superficial.  That perfect church would have groups of people, all of the same age and same family sizes.  That way, in the perfect church, everyone would have similar life experiences to share.  When it comes time for those perfect people to gather in that perfect church, they would all agree on what time would be best for their services and on what kind of music they would use and on how many extra events they would host and on who would organize, who would prepare, who would teach the kids, and who would clean up at the end.  In that perfect church, everybody would get along with never a hitch and there would never be any disputes, none whatsoever.

There are many people that go off and search for the perfect church, but they never find it.   That is because a perfect church never existed, not even in the Scriptures.  In the Scriptures we find an imperfect church in Rome that was bickering between the Jews and the Gentiles.  In the Scriptures we find an imperfect church in Corinth that was plagued with immorality and selfishness.  We find the imperfect churches in Galatia arguing about circumcision, the imperfect church in Ephesus being reminded to put away bitterness and wrath, and even the imperfect church in Philippi – why couldn’t Eudia and Syntyche just get along?

Rather than looking for a perfect church, why don’t we take our imperfect church and our imperfect selves to the perfect foundation, our perfect Savior, on which our church is supposed to be built? 

“…and on this rock I will build My church…”  Matthew 16:18

“…and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.”  Ephesians 2:19-22