From Church Systems To Life Eternal
- Serge Da Rosa
- Sep 6
- 4 min read
Somewhere along the way, we’ve made it all about a church system. The very gifts that were given to us—prophecy, words of knowledge, words of wisdom, gifts of healings and even the five-fold ministry gifts—have been confined within the walls of a church system, as though that was their primary purpose. But they were never given for that.
They were meant to empower us for life; for our everyday living, for walking with God in the ordinary and the extraordinary, for navigating decisions, relationships, and purpose. This is exactly what Jesus came to show us. He began pulling people out of the weight of a religious system, but not to trap them in another one. He pulled them out of religion and into life, into a way of living in perfect union with Him.
Confidence In What You've Been Given
When Jesus declared, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life” (John 14:6), He was not offering us a new religious system or way of doing church. He was offering Himself. He was revealing how we were designed to function. In perfect union with Him.
You are called to tune into His voice for your own journey, to perceive His direction for your life. You can’t depend on someone else’s ability to hear God on your behalf. Others can encourage, guide, and confirm, but the deepest direction for your life will always come from His Spirit within you. Scripture says, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). You are the most accurate when it comes to the direction God has for you, because His Spirit is joined to your spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17).
It’s good to receive direction from those we trust, and it’s good to hear a prophetic word that speaks life and encouragement to us. God often uses others to confirm and strengthen what He’s already stirring within. But at the same time, we must remember, we’ve already been given everything we need. We are fully equipped. While it’s good to receive from others, our reliance cannot be on an outside prophecy or a friend’s direction for our lives. Jesus said, “The Kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21). John wrote, “You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things” (1 John 2:20). Paul declared, “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God” (Romans 8:14). These truths remind us that we can be fully confident; we know Him, we hear Him, and we can trust the direction He gives from within.
The Heartbeat of the New Covenant
This is the heartbeat of the New Covenant. God promised, “They shall not teach each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest” (Hebrews 8:11). Under the Old Covenant, people relied on priests, prophets, and mediators. But under the New Covenant, the veil has been torn (Matthew 27:51).
Each one of us carries the fullness of Christ, for “in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in Him” (Colossians 2:9–10). We aren’t trying to get something we don’t have, we’re learning to grow in what already is. Revelation is not about attaining but awakening.
Faith: Trusting What’s Already Within
And this is where faith comes in. Faith is not simply agreeing with a doctrine, it’s learning to trust the reality of Christ within you. “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). We have to trust the Holy Spirit within us. We have to trust the tools He’s already placed inside of us; our gifts, our discernment, our ability to hear.
And perhaps most importantly, we must trust the process. Scripture reminds us, “He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion” (Philippians 1:6). Growth is not instant, but the seed of fullness is already there. Faith allows us to walk forward, confident that God is unfolding His life in and through us.
Moving From Church To Life
Life in Christ was never meant to be reduced to a church system. It’s about union. It’s about trust. It’s about living out of the Life that has already been given, and discovering more and more what it means to walk in step with Him every day (Galatians 5:25).
Remember this: you already have everything you need within you. God has fully equipped you to hear Him, to discern His ways, and to walk in the life He intended for you. You don’t need to look outside of yourself for validation, direction, or power; His Spirit dwells within you, guiding every step. You are called to live in victory, to flourish in every area of life, and to step boldly into the fullness of who you are in Christ.
Trust the life already living in you, lean into the gifts He has given, and walk each day confident that you are more than able to live the way God designed: in union with Him, in freedom, and in unstoppable abundance.
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By Serge Da Rosa
About the Author
Serge Da Rosa is co-founder of Urban Eden Community, a ministry dedicated to helping people discover their God-given identity and walk in the freedom of the new creation. Alongside his wife, Kristy, Serge facilitates weekly gatherings in Tulsa, Oklahoma that center around authentic connection, growth, and kingdom expression outside the walls of traditional religious systems.
Serge’s passion is to see people awakened to their union with God. Through weekly community gatherings, work in addiction recovery, community events, writing, teaching, and the Kings And Priests Podcast, he speaks into themes of identity, grace, purpose, kingdom and governance with clarity, depth, and hope.
Whether through a conversation, a gathering, or a written word, Serge’s message remains the same: You are in perfect union with God, empowered with God's Kingdom.
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