We Are the Church In Which God Send To Spread the Good News!
Posted: Monday, March 29, 2010
by Alessandro Monte
Brothers, sisters, Churches are going empty, people are getting discourage, hopeless, and some even angry at God, as "religion" takes priority over the Word, everywhere I look people are shouting over who is right or wrong, what traditions are true or false, what is the way we should live to eventually make to heaven.
Heaven will wait, but our ways and attitude towards one another can not, from simple arguments, to all out wars, what is a Church? In 1 Corinthians 1:2 it says; "To the church assembly of God, to those consecrated and purified and made holy in Christ Jesus, who are selected and called to be saints, God's people, together with all those who in any place call upon and give honor to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,". So basically the Church is compose by the people who are the body of Christ who lives in us, it is "you and me", us regular Joe who are to go and preach the word of God, but than you ask when and how should I do that? And again so glad you ask, in 2 Timothy 4:2 it says; "Be extremely happy and preach the Word! Keep your sense of urgency, stand by, be at hand and ready, whether the opportunity seems to be favorable or unfavorable. Whether it is convenient or inconvenient, whether it is welcome or unwelcome, you as preacher of the Word are to show people in what way their lives are wrong.
Yes! In urgency we must warn all about Jesus second coming, time is shortening, but we must do it with the Love God freely gave us, and the same Love that God named it as the greatest commandment of all, which without we can not achieve any other, we must master the power of Love, so that we must recognize and perfected the way in which we are to speak and specially act in front of others. And that is exactly what is explained to us in
1 Corinthians 3:16; Do you not discern and understand that "you" the whole church are God's temple, His sanctuary, and that God's Spirit has His permanent dwelling in "you" to be at home in you, collectively as a church and also individually?" We are to be a Church as individuals and in group as a Christian family.
People are desperate looking for a source of truth and hope, for faith in someone who is unapologetic about who he is in Christ and in what he believes, for someone who shines from inside out even through their humbleness and humility, someone who simply follows the Word without bringing any glory to his own, but to the One who inspire every thought, every word, our Creator, our God Jehovah!
The Word, God's message in Christ is near "you", on "your" lips and in "your" heart; that is, the Word, the message, the basis and object of faith in which we must preach! So it is in that truth that we must stand, knowing we are fully equipped and qualified, and whatever lacks in us, we can always call upon Him who lives in us to help us reach beyond where our comfortable hearts may think we are fully able of, the right words to reach the right hearts, simple, pure, and engulfed in love, as it shows in God's own words about His intentions in Ephesians 4:12 ; His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints, His consecrated people, that they should do the work of ministering toward building up Christ's body, the church."
Easter is coming this Sunday, a day with so much meaning for me besides the obvious, 13 years a go in the middle of a snow storm my second greatest treasure was born on palm Sunday, me and his big brother drove happily singing to the hospital to welcome his lil brother to this world, great memories that thank God I slow down and enjoyed every second of it, and that no matter what life brings or where it will take me and them, we will always have those and many more moments that no amount of money, no time gone by, or distance will ever take away from our hearts, and it is like that and so much more that God look at us, when we just stop long enough to be His church, His joy, His sons and daughters, He hold those moments dearly in His heart, find someone, reach out, have the courage just to say; Let me show you what save my life, please come and meet my Savior!
Happy Easter and God bless! Josh, Dadidi loves you, Happy birthday 03/30/2010!
Alessandro Monte 03/29/2010 (C)
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)Thanks again Alessandro. Mick and I have birthdays coming up right around Easter this year too - I think the Lord is going to have to get out a big ironing board to make his Bride without spot and wrinkle (or is the Bride supposed to do that?) Anyhow, lots of work to be done in an apparently short amount of time, eh? This article is helping all of us take a look!Thank you Marijo, so celebrate the years wearing the wrinkles and the gray hair with pride knowing that to God you are the most precious treasure, ave a great Easter and Happy birthday !Thanks Alessandro - actually even when I don't do anything to it my hair is not really very gray yet but I am celebrating! You don't get the learning and wisdom of the Lord in younger years and those are crown jewels in later years - that and to keep on learning (I get spiritual skinned knees for sure!)
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