What is the Church for?
The Church exists for Exaltation of God - to glorify God- How? Just by our praise and worship and testimonies ? Jesus say: Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven - Mt 5: 15-16. Just imagine it will be the unbelievers who would glorify our Father. Wow !!!
The Church exists for Edification of the saints - Heb 10:24 - And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works. To edify - build up- for the purpose of stirring each other to love [ love deeds not love { smoochy, leechy } feelings] and good works.
The Church exists for Evangelism - to win the lost. How ? Good works, good works, good works -when you feed the hungry, quench the thirsty, shelter the homeless, take care of the sick, clothe the naked, visit those in prison - you do it unto Jesus. Mt 25: 34-36. Does that not bring us back to worshipping Jesus?
So it is Jesus who died for the church - Ephesians 5: 25. Now can the church die for Jesus and the world that Jesus died for. Die to self, selfishness, self-centredness, self-consumerism...
Did you die this week to any of these?
What do you think?
posted by Luke Chan @ 4:10 PM
4 Comments:
There are just so much more space for me to learn and grow!
I'm now reading What's so amazing about grace by Philip Yancey. I think church is a place where we can find grace. A place not just about justice and righteousness but grace. According to Yancey, grace is contradict to just and fairness, forgiving others eventhough they do not deserved it just as God forgive our sins, eventhough we don't deserve it. Is the church today practising grace? A question post in the book. He said that people found church to be a place that exposed people sin but not a place that people find grace. I think this is sth we should think about too.
Dear anonymous,
I like Philip Yancey too. Read most of his "famous books". I truly desire the church to be a people who are Grace receivers and Grace releasers.When we are able to see God's beloving us in our brokeness; we can also belove others in their brokeness. That's the beginning of the healing process.
I think the church is a corporate expression of Chirst.
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