Questions

Is it possible that everything we know about todays Christianity is not what was intended or even thought about by the first century church?
Could it be that our practices, our traditions, our use of the bible, our understanding of what church is and the emphasis that we put upon that understanding is flawed?
Would Peter, James and John endorse or cry out against our understandings and expressions of the church? Would Paul be accepted by the local church in my town or would a riot breakout at his presence?

Let me ask more questions.

Did Jesus ever intend that we build tax-free institutions and gather weekly to sing songs, raise hands, take communion, give our money and listen to a speaker?
Will you even think about these questions or will you dismiss them as questions not worth thinking about. What are the alternatives if any? Is this as good as it gets?

5 Fold Ministry & Roles Illustrated on the Hand.

24/7 house of prayer

Worship in the Old Covenant had its 24/7 practice and its experience of God who came and went  from the tabernacle or the temple.  When we drag that practice into the New Covenant we have people shouting at the ceiling for hours and asking God to come down and touch them and send revival.  That is totally destructive of New Testament reality which is “Christ in you the hope of Glory”.  Such practice makes mockery of the words of Jesus who said that He had given us all authority and that we were to go and make disciples of the nations.  Jesus cannot come down. He is already in you if you are His.  Jesus will not send revival.  He has sent you.  Such 24/7 shouting and crying matches are manifest rebellion against the words of the Master.  They are traditions that make his words of no effect.

The Scriptures by Stephen Hill