The Hallmarks of God’s True Church

“So what makes a church a church? Well, let’s look at our passage. In the text that I read you I would just call your attention to verse 18, and in the middle of the verse the Lord says, ‘I will build My church.’ I remember a reporter years ago asked me if I had a desire to build the church. He said, ‘Do you have a desire to build the church?’ and I said to him, ‘Not really.’ I said, ‘The Lord said He would build the church, and I don’t want to compete.’ Not my job to build the church, it’s my job to serve the church the Lord is building as best I can.”