Many people say without really thinking, “The church is not important, or the church doesn’t matter”

But…One needs to give careful consideration to what the church is and what it is worth!

Consider what the church was worth to the following:

To Christ it was worth His blood (Acts 20:28)

To God it was worth His Son (John 3:16; Romans 8:3)

To Stephen it was worth his life (Acts 6-7)

To Paul it was worth his heritage (Phil. 3:8; 2Cor. 11:28)

To Matthew it was worth his job (Luke 5:27)

To Philip it was worth his time (Acts 8:6)

To James it was worth his prestige (James 1:1)

To Peter it was worth his attitudes (2 Peter 11)

To John it was worth his concern (3 John 4)

To Jude it was worth his freedom (Jude 1)

From these we see what the church was worth and we know the impact that they had upon the world. They had turned the world upside down according to Acts 17:6.

What does the church mean to you? If you are not apart of it, study the NT sincerely and learn of the vital role the church plays as God designed.