A Present Tense Confidence

Part two of the Summer Series "The Shelter"

I’d like to start out with a couple simple thoughts before I jump into Scripture.  The Church is more then a building.  I remember I was having a conversation with a friend and we were talking about the Church, what my local one was doing and I was giving what I think God calls all Churches to be in the world, missions and evangelism centered.  When I typed a lower case “church” they responded back by capitalizing it.  I never put much thought into this, but God spoke too me through that.  I always knew the church was more then a building, but it really came full circle when you think about the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit has been granted too all Christians upon Salvation, it’s a piece of God inside everyone of us.  Here’s the thought I’ve had:

Is not the Church a gathering together of not only God’s People, but also of God’s Spirit?