Christianity is not an individualistic spirituality detached from Christ’s Church. To belong to Christ is to be gathered into His household, joined to His people, and built together with the saints upon the foundation He Himself has laid. Those who remain outside the visible fellowship of the Church are not living in the fullness of what Christ has established for His people.

The Church is not a man-made option for especially serious Christians. She is the household of God, the commonwealth of the saints, and the holy temple in which God dwells by His Spirit. Christ Himself is the chief cornerstone; the apostles and prophets form the foundation; and every believer is called to be fitted together with the people of God.

Therefore, do not be deceived by a private, isolated, and self-directed version of Christianity. Christ does not save us into spiritual homelessness. He brings us from being strangers and foreigners into citizenship, household, communion, worship, discipline, doctrine, and life together with His saints.

As the Apostle Paul writes:

Come home to the Church. Enter the household of God. Be built together with the saints in Christ. Because Christ is building a temple, not scattering stones.

This Sunday, May 24, 2026, at 10:30 AM, Holy Trinity Reformed Church invites you to join us for the Divine Service as we gather before the Lord in reverent worship, hear His holy Word, confess the faith once for all delivered to the saints, and receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

Our sermon will be from John 5:30, where our Lord Jesus Christ declares: