A Church History Lesson (you've never heard before)

This is a quote by Rev. Sam Pascoe.

Its a short history of the CHURCH and it goes like this:

Christianity started in Palestine as a fellowship,
it moved to Greece and became a philosophy,
it moved to Italy and became an institution,
it moved to Europe and became their culture,
it came to America and became an enterprise.

All Church is, is a by product, an overflow of believers
in fellowship with each other and their LORD!

The thought goes then, that if it has become an enterprise
(a business) but we know from scripture its really a body.

Any body that is a business is a prostitute.
The Old testament is 'chock full' of references GOD
uses to Israel of entering into prostitution. The entire
story of Hosea and his prostitute wife Gomer shows GOD's
relentless love for HIS own to enter into a love rest with
their GOD.

The Jews continually (as we do, them as our examples) fall
into spiritual prostitution.

We've exchanged our access 'to Abundant Life' for selling
sermons and teaching and give and receving tithes. Huge
'christian' businesses, doing their business just like the world.

What is highly esteemed in men's eyes,
is detestible in the eyes of GOD! Luke 16:15

Then this scripture takes on deeper meaning:

1 Corinthians 6:15
Do you not know that your bodies are members of
Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ
and unite them with a prostitute? Never!