PURPOSE
PURPOSE
HOUSE OF FAITH
The first time that the Lord Jesus ever mentioned church was in a conversation with His disciples recorded in Matthew 16:13-19. During this passage He gave the very foundation and function of the church. Firstly, in this brief conversation He admonishes His disciple Peter for recognizing that He is the Christ because Peter had received this truth through a connection to God in Heaven, and not by flesh and blood, or a person on earth. Thus Jesus Himself identified that the foundation of His Church would be the revelation of who He is as revealed by the Father in Heaven.
In simple terms, the biblical definition of Church is a people who know God. They know Him because they have entered into a relationship with Him that transcends mere human communication. They not only recognize Jesus for who He is, but because of who He is they have entered into a covenant relationship with Him. With this covenant relationship as His Church they have been given the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven with the mandate to release the light of Heaven and destroy the very gates of Hell in the earth. This is the true calling of the Church. This is Christianity. This is our purpose.
-DT, Tyler HOF Pastor