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I cannot and
will not
be church
unless I
first see
church.
No one will
know church
until we
learn how
to show
church.
We cannot
have church
as noun
until we have
been church
as verb.
Church is
not an act
of
gathering, but
an impetus
for sending.
It's not a
people,
much less a
steeple,
but a
living,
breathing
manifestation
of Christ in
action.
Man, this is timely and so convoluted for my heart. In sharing with a friend over the weekend, some of the trouble of my heart from last week, about someone asking me if I "talk to her about it," meaning talk to someone about Christ, salvation, etc. And my answer of "no," which has really, really been bothering me - should I be talking about it? Is my not talking about it the reason this particular someone hasn't "made a profession of faith"? Legalism makes us the center, doesn't it? My gracious! Anyway...I told my friend, "I don't want to talk about it, no. I want my life to interpret it." Hmmm...a manifestation rather than a sermon. Because you can have a sermon without the manifestation, and that...that is the burr under my saddle. Lord have mercy. Thanks for this, T!
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful. Thank you.
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