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“Why Christian Communities Fail.”

 Ultimately the Body of Christ will be victorious over the world, the flesh and the devil at the resurrection on the last day. So why do Christian communities fail on earth when the bible says “The gates of hell shall not prevail against the church?” (Matthew  16:18). Fist, because we are still sinful. Even though we are saved we still have a sin nature, which we will have until the resurrection of the dead. Because the church is made up of redeemed sinners or saints, there is still room for our humanity to be expressed and this is why the church still fails, even though Christ promised us we would ultimately be victorious over hell and the grave!


However, this is no excuse for our sins, even in the church. At the end of our lives we will be judged for our life on the earth, and although we will be forgiven if we are saved, we won’t be rewarded for the sins that went unaccounted for. The deception that Satan deceives us with is that just because we are saved, our sins don’t matter because God won’t judge us for our sins! But if we think this way, we are missing the whole path of sanctification and the eternal reward God will give to his obedient servants. 


This is why God ultimately allows Christian communities to fail, because he hopes that some will repent, and make amends for the sins and failures we encounter because of our humanity. In the hopes that we will more perfectly walk in our sanctification on earth, so that one day we will be rewarded in heaven for what we did on earth, not what we failed to do. This is Mike.


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