ONE CANNOT HAVE A PROPER RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS WITHOUT HAVING A PROPER RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS AUTHORIZED SERVANTS AND CHURCH!

“He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.”

— Luke 10:16

“Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.”

— John 20:21-23

“Notice the direct line of authority. The Father sends the Son, and the Son sends the apostles with his authority, such that listening to them (and the men whom they in turn authorize) is equivalent to listening to Jesus and the Father.”

- Devin Rose. 

Is your Church led by Apostles (Ephesians 2:20; 4:11-16)?

Does your Church have living Apostles and Prophets that “teach you to observe all things the Lord has commanded them” to teach you (Matthew 28:18-20)? 

We also see how closely Christ associates himself with his Church in the conversion of Saul of Tarsus below: 

“And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the DISCIPLES OF THE LORD, went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou ME? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus WHOM thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.”

— Acts 9:1-6