What a company returning from exile! Can you imagine the impact on the cities they moved from and to?
I was wondering about all those people today who mark the box Christian or one of the various denominations on the various forms that ask for religious affiation. Are they in exile? Will they return to worship the LORD? Now, I know someone is thinking that they can worship without the community of saints. They can sit under a tree and pray or on the golf course and thank God for the green. Yeah, right! Well, I don't play golf. And... as much as I love to sit under a tree and pray, you still need the community of saints. There is a whole Body of Christ out there. Get connected to it! I have said it before (multitudes of times) and I will say it again:
"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Rom 10:17
Please don't tell me you are a Christian, if you never take the time to hear God's word or even read it! How do we develop relationships with friends or family members? Maybe, by getting to know them? It's no different for our relationship with Jesus Christ. We get to know Jesus by hearing about Him by others who love Him.
For those who claim membership in a church body and haven't entered that worship center in years - return from exile! Attend worship with the congregation you haven't worshipped with in decades. For those who do not presently have a place to worship with other saints, find one. And... for the rest of us, we need to get busy seeking them out and help them as Cyrus helped God's people to be released from captivity. Bring the word of God to them if they will not come to you.
God's Peace - Pr. J
I was wondering about all those people today who mark the box Christian or one of the various denominations on the various forms that ask for religious affiation. Are they in exile? Will they return to worship the LORD? Now, I know someone is thinking that they can worship without the community of saints. They can sit under a tree and pray or on the golf course and thank God for the green. Yeah, right! Well, I don't play golf. And... as much as I love to sit under a tree and pray, you still need the community of saints. There is a whole Body of Christ out there. Get connected to it! I have said it before (multitudes of times) and I will say it again:
"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Rom 10:17
Please don't tell me you are a Christian, if you never take the time to hear God's word or even read it! How do we develop relationships with friends or family members? Maybe, by getting to know them? It's no different for our relationship with Jesus Christ. We get to know Jesus by hearing about Him by others who love Him.
For those who claim membership in a church body and haven't entered that worship center in years - return from exile! Attend worship with the congregation you haven't worshipped with in decades. For those who do not presently have a place to worship with other saints, find one. And... for the rest of us, we need to get busy seeking them out and help them as Cyrus helped God's people to be released from captivity. Bring the word of God to them if they will not come to you.
God's Peace - Pr. J
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