My sisters and my brothers today I would like to meditate with you again, because I believe I have done it on other occasions, about the great need of the Church of Christ seek to live in communion. Or be: Working for our living is a life really together. Not only from a physical point of view, but together on ideas, on goals, on purpose, at work in the way of the Lord, in hope, in joy, but also the pain and sadness. We need to be really together. I think the major obstacle that lies in the fact that the conception of "together" we have in our minds and in our culture. When we pronounce the word together comes to mind us being close to each other physically. But the word "near" can also have the same connotation of "together" depending on the context. And in our context of today the two words are exactly the same.
But my
sisters and my brothers have to learn certain principles so that we can
actually live together. Amos wisely says: Can two walk together unless they
agree? (Amos, 3: 3) It is clear that the implied answer is no. There's no way
walk along with the other without any agreement with him. And what would this
agreement? Would sit together, planning the pros and cons of a joint action,
discuss the advantages and disadvantages of some attitude to be taken together.
Same with the habit of thinking "together always" in the physical
sense I'm talking about "together" in its broad sense. Can be
physical too, but depending on what I'm supposed to be with my brothers or
sisters can be ideologically, in the Kingdom of God, in the decisions of the
Church of Christ, in following Christ. Because we must realize that there are
several ways, but only one way. There's no way I can walk with Jesus by a path
and you on the other. At this point I wonder: wouldn't it be that the reason so
many confusions between the Christian churches? I wonder if there has been
agreement among us Christians and about Jesus? Or each or each group has its
own "Jesus"? It seems that the thing is more or less like this. Even
in the fishery in aquariums of others, namely, take members of other churches
we hear the following: Come here because here there is the power of God being
shed. Here people are healed, Here and here that, etc. My sisters and my
brothers that disastrous thing! I ask again: can we say that Christians agree?
Really can? If we are sincere in response we're going to have to say no. So we
can attribute our failures in evangelism, discipleship in our lack of
communion. There is no communion. And I spoke in General. But even within the
same Congregation there is no agreement, and so often a project so beautiful
and so promising things and not the Church move. Of course. How to go somewhere
together without agreement in us and our brothers. I'd call it communion. It is
bad, but inside a church we're often at war with each other. And we are always
looking for the culprits. Never find them without getting in front of a mirror.
If we do this we will find who are the culprits.
Loved ones we
need to change our Christian posture. We really need to convince us that
without communion not be Church and Yes only a group. But the Lord Jesus wants
his Church witnessed his name and making disciples.
Let’s look to
the verse of acts, 4:32nd and let's see how were primitives Christians and Like
them and they lived? Well. That's the kind of life that we still need to live
while Church of Jesus in this world so divided and marked by the wars. We need
to live in peace with all. For this each one of us have to sacrifice a little
more your "I" and if you go back a little more to another or the
other. In this process we must annul the wreaks havoc on us which is our
"I" and surrender to Christ and
thoroughly. Amen.
Rev. Jesué Francisco da silva.
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