God Has Organized the Church

Many people talk about how they don’t like organized religion, but they fail to see that God has organization in all of His creation (so churches aren’t excluded) [Genesis 1:31; Ecclesiastes 1:1-13). God organized the church by making each congregation autonomous (self-controlling, having no headquarters), but each local body is under the oversight of its elders (bishops). These bishops are to govern that local body of people (Philippians 1:1; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:1-4) and no other. God placed Jesus as the head of the church and since that is the case, man need not set up a earthly headquarters with presidents, popes, etc. (Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 1:18).

God also organized church servants, (deacons) to serve the local church by performing various tasks (1 Timothy 3:1-15). God has organized his children to gather to partake of the communion on the first day of the week (Sunday) [1 Corinthians 11:26; Acts 20:7]. God organized members of the local church who made money during the week to lay aside once into the collection of the local church (1 Cor. 16:1-4). During Sunday worship, songs of praise, and a message of hope will be delivered to the church (Acts 2:42). All of this has been organized by God, and we, too, should practice organization in what we do (1 Cor. 14:40).
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