Church: A Place for Acceptance - James

Episode 2 from the series Church, a Place... with Skip Heitzig. Watch the complete series:
• Church, a Place...
The church-the gathering of people that Jesus Christ promises to establish, head, and protect-sometimes does not reflect to the world what He wants it to reflect. As a result, many people view church as a place of condemnation and rejection rather than a place of love and acceptance. In this message, Nate Heitzig teaches from James 4 about how our love for others, not our condemnation, can lead them to repentance.
This teaching is from the series Church, a Place... with Skip Heitzig from Calvary Church.

[@mt.moriahbookkeepingservic1678]

Speaking with the grace of truth. Thank you Pastor Nate.

[@SonjaCaywood]

Wonderful, powerful message! Thank you!

[@ZacharyShow]

Been going to Calvary since August and this is my favorite message so far. This message hits the nail on the head for why I resented Christianity for many years until 2016.
If I heard this message at 20, I might have come to Christ sooner.

[@daleflack1438]

Good message Pastor Nate! Thanks 🙏🏾😊

[@lesleyzm]

Such a powerful sermon. Praise the Lord for the great message!

[@jackluminous6024]

And they know we are Christians by our love...
By our Love
BY OUR LOVE
they will know that we are Diaciples
By Our Love!

[@haidyelentorio1532]

Amen

[@jenysunil4241]

🙏Thanks

[@crearyapril4362]

I went to a church with no love or fruits they rejected, mocked and scorned many that God was calling to his church it was ungodly and a very cruel place to be I was judged to be everything except what God called me out the world to be and it was merciless and intentional definitely not a home. I felt so isolated from God I was to young to understand the difference between them and God. However I was in Jail and the entire time I was thier I was a member of this church. But thier was a woman from Calvary Chapel who God sent faithfully every week to come out to the jail and Minister to me in jail. At the time the damage has already been done I was condemned and when I left that jail the things I had experienced in that church had such a deep impact on my walk in Chirst for so many years. That I walked out of the jail an Atheist I really didn't trust or believe God was real. It has been devastatingly been made so clear to me over and over and over again again by this ministry that I was nothing more than a demon possessed, girl sent by Satan to distract God men, filled with jezebel, nothing but a insane crazy dog who didn't deserve communion, to be anointed or the mercy's of God. I didn't deserve the love of God I deserved to be rejected, disrespected,calousleness scorned,mocked, isolated and everything I'm life to be taking from me then left exiled. That was this Churches intentional illustration towards me that God's will for my life was God didn't save me I was unsaveable, unforgivable and the only will God has for me was persecution. Needless to say I didn't believe in God anymore because that isn't a Good God that's a Devil. But God restored my life years later and I have been attending church but very very cautiously I do not feel accepted Thier I don't think I will ever feel accepted in God house again in life. But I go because he says don't forsake fellowshipping and I may never be apart of a church on earth fully again but I want to go to heaven. So it's hard but I press my way and go and pray I Never find another place on earth so evil jail was truly a relief from that congregations persecution against me until they were inside too. The most darkest evil That I have ever encountered was in a church and I have had some evil people in my life but non compared to them. I watch them to remind myself to never make the biggest mistake I ever made in my life when I finally went to that church years ago my God if I could undo anything in my life. It would be going to that church with her that day my life would be totally different I never thought it was possible to be hated so much.
Not to mention the hate you received by everyone for just being affiliated and attending and supporting this church . It was always said everyone hated them and it was true they were reaping what they showed. So you doubly persecuted for support of the church they have hurt and did evil to so many people if you spoke well of them or attended Thier ministry people would immediately hate you. I tried to always speak highly and speak well and pray irregardless because God says to do this. When people would hear me support them they'd hate me they had devastated people just that profoundly.Speaking good of them drew people to hate me