(0:00 – 0:39) My name is Isabel Ramirez and I have always been a woman of faith. Church was my second home, the place where I found comfort, purpose, and connection with God. I wasn’t a pastor, just a simple woman who loved Jesus, who believed in his word, and who did her best to live according to his will. For as long as I could remember, I never missed a Sunday service. I volunteered, prayed, read my Bible daily, and surrounded myself with other believers. If you asked me back then, I would have told you I was walking the right path.
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(10:11 – 11:27)
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It wasn’t there. The churches were full, but they were empty. Jesus looked at me and spoke again, his voice filled with sorrow.
Many of my people gather in my name, but their hearts are far from me. I swallowed hard, my hands trembling. I couldn’t look away.
I saw pastors preaching, but their words had no weight. They spoke well, but their messages were designed to please, not to convict. They talked about blessings, success, and personal growth, but they never spoke about repentance, holiness, or surrender.
I saw worship leaders who sang beautifully, but their eyes were on the audience, not on God. The music was powerful, emotional, but it was performance, not praise. I saw congregations consumed with distractions.
People checking their phones, half listening, showing up to be seen rather than to seek him. And worst of all, I saw preachers who had started in truth, but had been seduced by power. They were more concerned with numbers than souls.
(11:28 – 11:53)
They softened the gospel to keep people comfortable. They built empires, not disciples. Jesus turned back to me, and I saw the pain in his eyes.
They speak of me, but do they know me? The weight of his words hit me like a flood. This was the warning. Faith had become routine.
(11:53 – 14:48)
The church had become an institution rather than a sanctuary. People had become more devoted to their churches, their traditions, their leaders, than to Christ himself. And then, I saw something even more chilling.I saw people who believed they were saved, but they did not know Jesus at all. They were convinced they were on the right path. They thought attending church was enough.
(14:49 – 17:58)
Many of my people gather in my name, but their hearts are far from me. I looked closer. The worship was loud, passionate even, but as I listened, I realized that many of the words being sung were not truly about him.
The lyrics spoke of blessings, of breakthrough, of personal victories, but something was missing. There was little surrender, little reverence, little mention of repentance or holiness. Then, my eyes moved to the preachers.
Some stood behind pulpits in traditional robes, others paced stages in expensive suits, their voices powerful and charismatic. Their words were eloquent, their messages polished, but as I listened, I felt an emptiness in what they were saying. Jesus spoke again. They speak about me, but do they know me? I felt my stomach tighten. The sermons were
carefully crafted, designed to encourage, to inspire, to make people feel good about themselves. But where was the call to repentance? Where was the urgency to turn away from sin? Where was the truth about the cost of following Christ? Some preachers were afraid to offend, softening their words so they wouldn’t lose members.
Others had twisted the gospel entirely, turning it into a promise of wealth, success, and personal fulfillment, things Jesus had never guaranteed. They told people what they wanted to hear, not what they needed to hear. They promised blessings without obedience, salvation without transformation, grace without holiness.
The weight of it hit me all at once. I had spent my life attending church, believing that as long as people gathered, as long as they sang and listened to sermons, everything was fine. But now, I could see the truth.
So many churches had drifted from what Jesus intended. They had become places of routine rather than sanctuaries of true worship. I turned my attention to the people in the pews.
Some were sincere, their hearts truly longing for God, their prayers genuine. But many were just attending out of habit, going through the motions. They nodded at the right moments, lifted their hands when expected, but inside they were untouched.
Some were there for social reasons, to maintain appearances. Others treated church like an obligation, something to check off their list before going back to life as usual. A chill ran down my spine as I saw something else.
Some people in the congregation who looked engaged, nodding, even saying amen. But their minds were elsewhere. They were thinking about their plans for the day, their work, their problems, their distractions.
(17:59 – 19:59)
Their lips spoke words of worship, but their hearts were far away. I felt my chest tighten. I had been like this at times, hadn’t I? I had gone to church, sat through services, even lifted my hands in worship.
Yet how often had I truly sought Jesus with my whole heart? How often had I let the routine take over instead of the relationship? Jesus was still looking at the churches, and I saw the sorrow in His face. They think they are following me, but they are following a routine. They have made church about themselves, their comfort, their desires, their preferences. They want the benefits of my presence without surrendering to me. The words struck like a hammer. I saw people attending church regularly, but never truly knowing Jesus.
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(20:14 – 21:27)
They still live for themselves. They still put their trust in the world rather than in Christ. And I saw people who had stopped going to church altogether, not because they had rejected God, but because the churches they had known had failed them.
They had been hurt by hypocrisy, by leaders who spoke of love but acted with judgment, by congregations more concerned with appearance than authenticity. I saw the lost wandering, searching for truth, but unable to find it because those who were supposed to lead them had chosen comfort over conviction. My heart broke.
Jesus wasn’t angry. He was grieving. The church was supposed to be His bride, His hands and feet on the earth. It was meant to be a place of true worship, of deep transformation, of people encountering Him, not just a system. But so much had been distorted, so much had been lost, and yet I could still feel His love. I am calling them back, He said, but they must choose to return.
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(2:16 – 2:41)
I turned and saw a young woman, perfectly dressed, taking pictures of herself in front of a mirror. Her face was calm, her expression practiced, but around her were chains of comparison, of self-doubt, of never feeling enough. She checked her phone over and over, waiting for validation, waiting for someone to tell her she mattered.
(2:42 – 3:00)
Everywhere I looked, it was the same. People striving, chasing, pushing forward, believing they were free, yet burdened by things they couldn’t even see. Some were bound by fear, the fear of failure, the fear of rejection, the fear of not being in control.
(3:01 – 3:18) Others were weighed down by bitterness, unable to let go of the past. Some were bound by comfort, unwilling to step outside of what was familiar, afraid to truly trust God with their lives.
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(4:38 – 4:59)
Some had changed the message, making it softer, easier, more appealing. They avoided difficult topics, never speaking about sin, repentance, or the cost of following Christ. They told people what they wanted to hear, promises of blessing, success, and comfort, without the call to surrender.
(5:00 – 5:13)
Others had twisted the gospel entirely, making it about themselves, their influence, their brand, their success. They preached in Jesus’ name, but they weren’t leading people to Him. They were leading them to themselves.
(5:14 – 5:25)
I saw crowds drawn in, eager to listen. They followed these teachers, shared their words, admired their lives. But they weren’t growing closer to Christ.
(5:26 – 5:39) They were growing comfortable, convinced they had faith, yet never being challenged to truly walk in it. Jesus’ voice was steady. They must wake up.
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(7:54 – 8:15) Faith was never meant to be about rituals, about religious structures, about following the motions of what had always been done. It was always about Him, about knowing Him, seeking Him, listening to His voice, and surrendering everything to Him. But the world had made faith into something else.
(8:15 – 8:36) It had become about traditions, about institutions, about doing what was expected. People had placed their trust in preachers, in churches, in systems, but not in Jesus Himself. They followed doctrine, followed religious customs, followed leaders, but many had stopped following Him.
(8:37 – 8:45) They must stop looking to men for answers. They must listen to my voice. The words cut deep.
(8:45 – 9:13) How often had I relied on others to tell me what to believe instead of going directly to God? How many people sat in church every Sunday, hearing about Jesus, but never actually knowing Him for themselves? And then, I saw the solution. The vision changed again. And I saw people, not in churches, not in buildings, not in crowds.
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(11:37 – 12:01) How many times had I read scripture without really letting it transform me? How many times had I prayed out of habit instead of out of true longing for Him? Jesus spoke again, His voice steady. If they do not seek me, they will not find me. If they do not listen, they will not hear.
(12:02 – 12:21) It was an invitation, a call to return, not just to belief, but to relationship. I looked back at the vision before me, at the people truly seeking Him, and I saw what faith was supposed to look like. It wasn’t about doing things for God. (12:22 – 12:36) It was about being with Him. It was about surrendering, about trusting, about loving Him enough to follow Him fully. And then, Jesus looked at me with an intensity I cannot describe.
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(18:41 – 18:54) I looked out at the faces in front of me. How many of us truly know him, I asked. Not just know about him, not just attend church, but actually know him? No one spoke.
(18:55 – 19:06) This isn’t just a message for pastors or leaders. This is for all of us. Jesus told me that we must stop relying on others to tell us who he is.
(19:07 – 19:20) We must seek him for ourselves. We must pray, not because we’re supposed to, but because we need him. We must read his word, not just to check a box, but to understand his heart. (19:21 – 19:33) We must return, not to a system, but to Jesus himself. A man in the third row bowed his head. A woman near the side quietly whispered, amen.
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