When Jesus said, “I will build my church”, he was immersed in the Jewish religion where there were those who were “in” and those who were “out”. The Jews were “in”, and the Gentiles (non-Jews) were “out”. There were those who belonged to God, and those who didn’t belong. During His time on earth, and especially after the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost, Jesus didn’t maintain those fences or put up new ones – He pulled them down.
We are in the middle of a series of sermons titled, “When Jesus builds his church.”
Pastor Michael Dutschke
Bible Readings: Acts 10: 44-48 (NLT)