Why Church Buildings Are Not Biblical (3-17-24)

Walk Talks With Matt McMillen

Topics: Church Building, Temple, House of God, Man-made Tradition, Acts 17:24, God Does Not Dwell in Temples, Human Hands, Physical Temple Replaced, John 2:19, Early Church Went to Temple to Evangelize, Temple Destroyed in AD 70, House of God, Temple Called House of God, We Are Now God’s House, Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 10:21, Constantine, 4th Century, Official Church Buildings, Romans Basilicas, Effort to Legitimize Christianity, Copied Pagans and Jews, Superimpose Hebrews 10:25 and Remember the Sabbath and Acts 20:7, Gathered on First Day is Not a Command Not at a Building Called Church, 7 Churches in Revelation Not Church Buildings, Groups of Ecclesia in Different Regions, Jettisoned Place of Worship, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19, Worshiped Sun God, Made Sunday Official Holy Day, Put to Death Son and Nephew and Brother-in-Law, Claimed Title of Pontifex Maximus, Chief of Pagan Priests, Magic Formulas to Heal and Protect Crops, Constantinople Named After Himself, Adorned With Pagan Temple Treasures, 12 Monuments, 12 Apostles, Surrounded by Single Tomb, 13th Apostle, Declared Objects as Sacred, Copied Pagan Practice, Mother Obsessed with Relics, Cross and Nails of Jesus, Named Churches After Saints Copied Pagan Temples Named After Gods, Built On Cemeteries and Graves, Believed Were Holy Sites, Built Churches on Top of Peter and Paul and Christ’s Tomb and Place of Birth, Modeled after Basilicas, Longer Front to Back, Place of Government Functions and Civil Activities, Before the Cross We could not Be the Temples, Blood Made Temple Sanctified but Had to be Repeated, Dealt with Sins, Blood of Jesus Made us Sanctified Forever by Grace Through Faith, Dealt with Sins Once and For all, Hebrews 10:1 Those Worshipers Could Never Be Made Perfect, Hebrews 10:14 We Have Been Made Perfect, John 4, Spirit and Truth, Worship the Father Desires, Acts 7:48, Most High Does Not Dwell in Temples Built by Humans Hands, Nor Houses, House Churches are Not Church, The Church is a Living Organism

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