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From the Pastor's Heart

February 2012
                   

      In the 12th chapter of 1st Corinthians the church is portrayed as being the Body of Christ.  Every saved person has been individually  gifted to contribute to the overall good of the Body.  And in order for that Body to efficiently function, it has to have variety.  Some parts have to move, while others must remain still.  Some will be seen, while some function out of sight - unnoticed and many times unappreciated.  Healthy bodies have no place for jealous and self- seeking members.

     In Ephesians 2:20-21 Paul describes this Body as being like a building, "...built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.  In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord."

     But unfortunately there are some within the Body who have never learned that lesson.  They are proud and presumptuous and a  few fiercely ambitious.  They love the places of honor and the positions of praise, and as a result of the misplaced affection, there are many churches that resemble play houses, laughingly built by the hands of incompetent children!  That's why some churches are more interested in their calculator than in their conscience!

     The little epistle of 3rd John describes a church and 3 members who represent the attitudes that exist in many churches today - Gaius, who is described by the apostle in verse 1 as: "...The well-beloved Gaius..." and in verse 12: "Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself".  Then there is "Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them..." in verse 9-10.

     There are churches all over the country that have too many "Diotrephes".  Whenever that happens there will always be a congregation of members who do not fit, reeling with dissension, and crumbling with the instability of self-importance like the church in Corinth as described in 2nd Corinthians 12:20.  But there are other churches who gladly submitted to the lordship of Christ, counting their lives unimportant except as they respond to the wishes of the Master.  They have allowed the Holy Spirit to tenderly fit them together, to patiently cut and adjust each one until they have been..."...Perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."  (1st Corinthians 1:10)  WHERE ARE YOU- WHERE DO YOU STAND?

                             Sincerely Yours in the Reality of His Salvation                                                    =Pastor Jerry=
                    

 

 

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