The Modern Church Classroom Must Change!
The walls that we have used to learn have only kept us spiritually immature in our service, theology and relationship with Jesus.
The comfortable chairs and familiar surroundings have kept us loving comfort and trusting only what is familiar.
We have enjoyed the classroom with walls, so we have stayed there and advanced no further.
These things have kept us from the real classroom of the world where Jesus once kept twelve (12) bumbling disciples till they became mature Holy Spirit firebrands who changed the world.
The modern Church believes the classroom with walls changes the world. This has largely proven false with the world and Church we now see today.
The world is far worse than it was twenty years ago, and the Church continues to experience division, discontent, and apathy towards Jesus’ mission (because we are largely just focused on ourselves).
Whereas Christ took his disciples into the highways and byways (we rarely find him teaching them privately indoors).
Jesus modeled the way, showed the disciples how to serve, focused on the needy, spread the Gospel, and invited early Church believers to partner with His theology by living it out, putting it into practice, and walking as he walked; instead of merely listening, receiving, staying put, and remaining powerless.
The traditional comfortable classroom with walls, a tight and short time-frame, and old teaching methods focused mainly on just receiving information, has kept us comfortable and selfish, immature, afraid, and loving the world instead of being able to change it.
We must change the classroom or continue to see minimal if any change in the world around us.
We must imitate Jesus’ classroom or we will live the rest of our Christianity in discontent, apathy, a lack of power, and failed expectations; always wondering why we don’t see what they experienced in The Book of Acts.
If we change the classroom we will finally be satisfied with Jesus, love His way (John 4:34), and be a menace to the kingdom of darkness.
“Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.” John 4:34.
~ Tim Price
Tim Price has a prophetic heart to warn God’s people about the coming end-time storm, and to encourage them to stand and trust Him through it. He shares the dreams God gives him on his YouTube channel and Making Straight His Path blog.
Great insight.
I have a bit of a different perspective though. I’m in a season of “waiting”. This doesn’t mean just sitting idle, I’m seeking, praying, learning…..waiting. There isn’t a more difficult season than waiting. I want so badly to just get out there, my flesh is screaming for it!! Just go!! What are you waiting for?!! If I did that at this time, I’d be in my flesh, and I’d be like so many who are now falling before the watching world. If it’s not Spirit led, then I’ll wait until it is. He’s stripped me of the “look at me” mindset by bringing into ashes everything in my life that the “world” calls pretty. I’m a shadow of what I used to look like, and the persecution as a result is daily and very cruel. But the beauty of His Spirit is growing on the inside of me, moment by beautiful, painful moment. The threshing floor is imperative, without it we’re fighting naked, and the enemy can see this!! Our Power can only come from a humble center-out reflection of Love Himself….this is produced in the Waiting Room.
God bless you Mr. Price. :)
Great post…….churches without walls are needed in the world today.
Thanks for sharing,God bless!
Yes – a church without walls as it was spoken of a few years ago