GETTING THINGS STRAIGHT
Almost all of our lives have been spent in a conscious effort to relate to the physical world around us, so it is not surprising at all that we would get confused when almost everything about the Kingdom of Heaven feels opposite from what we have learned in this world. In many ways that also explains why the things that we try to use from this world to adapt into the church do not work very well.
The basic organization of structure that this world offers is that of an attitude of business, and if a business no longer makes a profit it is considered a failure. Any business can exist by simply providing a person with an income to survive, and yet to be successful in today world each year must show a profit according to this world before success is achieved. Many churches today have some pretty hefty bank accounts that are making them feel successful in their own eyes...they have pretty much taken up a permanent residence in this place, and are using all of the tools of the world to operate by.
In all honesty we have a very unique combination of things we are called to live by in this world through the Kingdom of Heaven. While we are citizens of Heaven and a part of the Kingdom of God we are as though we live in a strange land for right now; and that is something that we must understand. We are not permanent residence; and our first loyalty is to the Kingdom of Heaven. We are told that out of respect for the land we temporarily live in we should obey the laws of the land, but we actually do so because it is God's law to us and not man's law. There are many things that are from this physical life that parallel with what we need to learn spiritually as well...the new born baby cannot take care of itself and so it must be loved and fed milk first in order to grow and gain strength. When it is strong enough it can be fed stronger foods, and the same is with the Kingdom of Heaven and the Spiritual life we are called to. If the church is too strongly associated with the world this lesson goes by the way side because no full grown man can see themselves as a baby again..." How can I be born again? must I enter again into my mother's womb?" This world will never understand this process of Spiritual rebirth while thinking it through with the physical mindset. We are rather quick to speak about one life and once chance to decide, but to God there is no such thing as time. The only thing that exists for God is the determination of the heart, and we have yet to find out how far God will go to save an individual soul. Scripture tells us that God would have made that same sacrifice of Christ for us even if we were the only soul at stake. The question remains how far must God go for your spirit? It is time that we begin to get our priorities straight... may you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
The basic organization of structure that this world offers is that of an attitude of business, and if a business no longer makes a profit it is considered a failure. Any business can exist by simply providing a person with an income to survive, and yet to be successful in today world each year must show a profit according to this world before success is achieved. Many churches today have some pretty hefty bank accounts that are making them feel successful in their own eyes...they have pretty much taken up a permanent residence in this place, and are using all of the tools of the world to operate by.
In all honesty we have a very unique combination of things we are called to live by in this world through the Kingdom of Heaven. While we are citizens of Heaven and a part of the Kingdom of God we are as though we live in a strange land for right now; and that is something that we must understand. We are not permanent residence; and our first loyalty is to the Kingdom of Heaven. We are told that out of respect for the land we temporarily live in we should obey the laws of the land, but we actually do so because it is God's law to us and not man's law. There are many things that are from this physical life that parallel with what we need to learn spiritually as well...the new born baby cannot take care of itself and so it must be loved and fed milk first in order to grow and gain strength. When it is strong enough it can be fed stronger foods, and the same is with the Kingdom of Heaven and the Spiritual life we are called to. If the church is too strongly associated with the world this lesson goes by the way side because no full grown man can see themselves as a baby again..." How can I be born again? must I enter again into my mother's womb?" This world will never understand this process of Spiritual rebirth while thinking it through with the physical mindset. We are rather quick to speak about one life and once chance to decide, but to God there is no such thing as time. The only thing that exists for God is the determination of the heart, and we have yet to find out how far God will go to save an individual soul. Scripture tells us that God would have made that same sacrifice of Christ for us even if we were the only soul at stake. The question remains how far must God go for your spirit? It is time that we begin to get our priorities straight... may you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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