How Do We, as a Church, Relate to the Other Churches in the World?
HOW DO WE, AS A CHURCH, RELATE TO THE OTHER CHURCHES IN THE WORLD?
1 Corinthians 12:12 – 31 (Especially verses 12,13, and 27,27)
John 17:20,21
The church IS one body. We don’t have to make it so. Christ asked for us to be one. We just should act like it is so.
How?
Ephesians 4:3 Keep the unity
Romans 12:1 Offer our bodies as one living sacrifice. This verse has been read wrongly and used wrongly to say that we individually have a responsibility to yield our bodies to God. That is true. We should do that but this verse ties us all together. It is the way that we accomplish the unity. We each deliver our body and all of them together function as Christ’s body on earth, just as described in I Corinthians 12 with gifts and ministries and everything in order. God is not the author of confusion. What we have right now is confusion.
Romans 15:1-7 (Also most of Romans 14) Ignore the differences between us and the others.
And, also, Do NOT ignore some differences between us and the others.
Romans 16:17 Avoid some people.
1 Corinthians 5:11 Separate from some people.
2 John 7-11 Do not even say Dobre Den to some people.
1 John 4:1-3 Investigate what some people believe about Christ and have nothing to do with those who believe blasphemy.
What are the two basic kinds of churches that exist in the world?
1) Matthew 18:20 Those gathered to Christ. These are gathered to him as a magnet gathers bits of steel. They only care about Him and His things. They do not put anything, even doctrine, before Him. Their principles are established by Him but they do not gather to the principles.
2) Revelation 3:1 Those gathered to something other than Christ. These are gathered to:
A NAME -- “I am a Baptist. My father was a Baptist. My grandfather was a Baptist. I will never be anything but a Baptist.” A statement like that could indicate that being a Baptist is a higher priority than being a Christian. We have to investigate to find out if that is what the person really thinks. But many are gathered to their denomination.
A DOCTRINE -- maybe a false doctrine.
A PERSON -- like a very attractive pastor or some other leader.
AS A RESULT OF A DIVISION -- There could have been a case of church discipline that resulted in hard feelings and separation. These people have followed their minds and established another church in division from the previous one. This puts something ahead of Christ and they are not gathered to Him.
1 Corinthians 12:12 – 31 (Especially verses 12,13, and 27,27)
John 17:20,21
The church IS one body. We don’t have to make it so. Christ asked for us to be one. We just should act like it is so.
How?
Ephesians 4:3 Keep the unity
Romans 12:1 Offer our bodies as one living sacrifice. This verse has been read wrongly and used wrongly to say that we individually have a responsibility to yield our bodies to God. That is true. We should do that but this verse ties us all together. It is the way that we accomplish the unity. We each deliver our body and all of them together function as Christ’s body on earth, just as described in I Corinthians 12 with gifts and ministries and everything in order. God is not the author of confusion. What we have right now is confusion.
Romans 15:1-7 (Also most of Romans 14) Ignore the differences between us and the others.
And, also, Do NOT ignore some differences between us and the others.
Romans 16:17 Avoid some people.
1 Corinthians 5:11 Separate from some people.
2 John 7-11 Do not even say Dobre Den to some people.
1 John 4:1-3 Investigate what some people believe about Christ and have nothing to do with those who believe blasphemy.
What are the two basic kinds of churches that exist in the world?
1) Matthew 18:20 Those gathered to Christ. These are gathered to him as a magnet gathers bits of steel. They only care about Him and His things. They do not put anything, even doctrine, before Him. Their principles are established by Him but they do not gather to the principles.
2) Revelation 3:1 Those gathered to something other than Christ. These are gathered to:
A NAME -- “I am a Baptist. My father was a Baptist. My grandfather was a Baptist. I will never be anything but a Baptist.” A statement like that could indicate that being a Baptist is a higher priority than being a Christian. We have to investigate to find out if that is what the person really thinks. But many are gathered to their denomination.
A DOCTRINE -- maybe a false doctrine.
A PERSON -- like a very attractive pastor or some other leader.
AS A RESULT OF A DIVISION -- There could have been a case of church discipline that resulted in hard feelings and separation. These people have followed their minds and established another church in division from the previous one. This puts something ahead of Christ and they are not gathered to Him.
posted by Biblical Christianity at 3:45 AM
2 Comments:
I have this blog link into my google home page. I'm sick of seeing the same titles come up every day...
1. Christian Brain-washing
2. How do we, as a church, relate to other churches in the world?
3. How to Dad (final installment)
When are we going to get some more reading material???
Sorry, I have been and am ill.
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