Do you ever wonder what the world would be like if Jesus was living on earth in the 21st century? The problem with that question is that it shouldn't have to be asked. Jesus is supposed to be alive today, walking the earth the way He did nearly 2000 years ago. The Presence of Christ is supposed to be as palpable now as it was when He was born in Bethlehem as King of the Jews. That's the purpose of the Church. The job of the Body of Christ is to represent and manifest the presence of Jesus in the earth realm in the present. So if Jesus is not "alive" in the earth today, it's not because He's not alive, it's because His church will not allow Him to live through her.
Saints, we've reached a point in the history of the church where we now have to abandon religion. All of this tradionalized, denominationalism has to be done away with. It's restricting the flow of the life of Jesus in and through His Body, the church. The church is not a religious organization, she is a spiritual organism. We are no more effective than our ability to allow the Holy Spirit to manifest the life of Jesus Christ in and through us (2Corinthians 4). So, what would Jesus be doing if He were living in the earth today?
One of the first things Jesus would be doing is healing the sick. America is a sick country, and this includes the church! Diabetes, cancer, heart disease, hypertension and a host of other illnesses and diseases, is not the will of God. And yet there are thousands upon thousands of Christians who suffer through all types of arthritis and dementia and other types of bodily ailments. If Jesus were walking the earth today, such would not be the case.
Jesus is a Healer, which means the church should be in the "healing business." No matter what a person's physical ailment is they ought to be able to come to the church with the confidence, or at least expectation, that the healing power of Jesus Christ is available. Is this a viable expectation in the church you attend? In most churches, it is not. Why? Because Jesus isn't allowed to live in most contemporary American congregations.
Another thing Jesus would be doing if He were living in the earth today is galvanizing the poor. I use the word galvanize because the disenfranchised and oppressed loved Jesus. His preaching was aimed at them (Luke 4). If Jesus were living in the earth today, the indigent would follow Him like He were a rock star. Why? Because He would be giving them hope. Not empty political promises, Hope! He would be empowering people and literally changing their social and economic conditions, thereby changing their very lives.
In a lot of our churches today, people who don't meet a particular socio-economic status aren't even welcomed in our churches. Saints, it's time to do a gut check. The Master isn't going to continue to sit by and let the church for which He shed His Blood to purchase misrepresent Him. He IS the Head of the church, and Jesus will live in and through His people again.
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