I saw a sign! Not a sign from God though–but a sign in front of a church building that said, “Church for Sale”. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Who in their right mind would sell the church, but wait! Who in their right mind would think that they have a right to sell the church! The church doesn’t belong to any man, it was bought and paid for by the blood of Jesus.
You may guess that I am making a play on words, but there is a real, and powerful application here concerning the Church of Christ, the authority or lack of which its members have and don’t have. Fact is the church belongs to Jesus, is headed only by Jesus who possesses all authority over it. We can’t change one little thing about the church that we read about in the Bible. We cannot add to it, nor take from it. We worship as commanded, we work as commanded, and we are organized as commanded. Bottom line, we have no say in how the church is to worship and work.