The Reality of the Church - #2

There are two conflicting realities concerning Christ’s Church on earth;

(1st) NO CHURCH IS PERFECT – ‘The purest churches under heaven are liable to be troubled by mixture and error…’
There are no perfect churches—because there are no perfect people…

C.H. Spurgeon – ‘The church is not perfect, but woe to the man who finds pleasure in pointing out her imperfections. Christ loved his church, and let us do the same. I have no doubt that the Lord can see more fault in his church than I can; and I have equal confidence that He sees no fault at all. Because He covers her faults with his own love—that love which covers a multitude of sins; and he removes all her defilement with that precious blood which washes away all the transgressions of his people... If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all; and the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect church after I had become a member of it. Still, imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earth to us.’

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