My brothers and my sisters today I would like to
reflect with you one more time about communion, though from a different angle.
Let's view the matter from the point of view of being together. In
our language does not appear the word together, but I know a English version
that uses the word saying that is good to live together the brothers. That's
the question: to live together. But what
would live together? Would only be near each other physically? Of course not.
Be together can be conform to the others. You have probably seen people never
agree with anything and anyone. These people actually are living around
themselves. Only what they think and do, in their minds is the correct one.
What other people think or do is questionable for them. I'm sure you have
realized that live with people like that is very difficult. They question the
guys all the time but won't admit being questioned why assume that they always
are right at all. In a sense it is similar to what I said in the previous issue
of this newsletter about the selfishness that ends up leading to
self-centeredness. That is, the person lives only in itself and for itself. The
others don't matter.
Hence the psalmist says that is good and precious
when we live United (together) at the brothers. You imagine a group of people
each having a distinct position on a single issue? I speak of those questions
that have only one correct answer. How to stay with the group where each has an
answer and insist in saying that their response is the only right answer? That
the others are questionable?
But to bring it to the Church unfortunately in many
cases it is no different. I met a pastor who always told the story of a church
where he had passed that never managed to paint the pulpit of a color more
cheerful. But the curious thing is that everybody wanted to paint the pulpit.
But all times sat to plan each wanted to paint one color and wouldn't admit it
another different color. Nobody opened color hand carrying in your head and
each wanted the other to accept its color all the meetings ended in fights and
the pulpit was never painted any color. Do you realize how the lack of unity
leads to disaster? In the Church are a group. Now, it is natural that every
person who composes the Group's thoughts and different positions on things. So
what should be ugly and sit together and discuss a good any ideas. This
discussion should be out a common denominator.
That is, something which at the same time is good for everyone. Is one thing on
which everyone agreed. Brothers and sisters it is being together the brothers
as the psalmist tells us. And I wonder: would that make the big difference in
our churches?
My appeal to all is for us actually to live
together as Church of Christ that we are and as such we are a body. Amen.
Rev. Jesué
Francisco da Silva.
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