The Character of Christ

A preacher told me that after three years a congregation takes on the personality of the pastor, “If your church is failing after three years look at yourself.” From a worldly perspective I understand what he was saying. However, from a spiritual perspective God never intended for the church to take on the personality of the preacher, but rather the personality of Christ. Paul said, “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy” (Col 1:17-18 NIV).