Church As Centre = WRONG KINGDOM FLOW
Which Way does church flow for you?
Lets start with some level ground before i say more. Jesus came for a lot of reasons, right, but can we agree that His primary objective was To Reconcile Man To God?
Ok - As Gods Agent of the Kingdom..... What, amongst many others im sure - is the Primary Purpose of the Church - as co heirs and partners with God?.....
In light of this:
It would be fair to say, Jesus came to earth with a revelation of the father that we might be reconciled to Him. As such - as his image bearers we take on the collective identity of bride- His bride, Church. As church - we live life in the world, reconciling others to Him, and thus as Church in and through all things - Extend the Kingdom. Build Church or Kingdom.
Can i rephrase that - Jesus Came - Reconcile To Father - Entity Of Church Born - Continue Reconciling as We Extend Kingdoms Rule and Reign as Church In And Through All Things - And As Such.................. Hasten The End - His Final Coming.
Thats FLOW 1.
The Other Flow is This.................. Allow It To Speak To You.
Jesus came with a revelation of the father, that we might be reconciled to Him (or as one comment in feedbacksaid...'far more consequencial 'to reconcile ALL THINGS' to be more wholistic and far reaching - well said that man!!). In that reconciling we take on the identity of Church - His Bride. As such, From this Separate Defined Place....We visit the world with a revelation of The Father, Win some to him, ultimately to the Church we take them back to, to keep them safe - until Heaven Comes.
Summary......... Jesus Comes, Reconcile Man To God, Entity of Church Separate To Life and Creation where we live out spiritual things, We go from there into the World, To win others to God, and back into the church. we then do all that we can to keep them - and us, safe till heaven comes?????????
But we cant, because we have removed the very dynamic and flow that means the end could come at all.
Your Church Context...Which way does it Flow?
1 Comments:
Slight pedantic, more for the sake of excuse of making acomment and making your day - you feel read - not only to reconcile Man but to reconcile all things - through man - maybe not a slight pedantic - the consequences of that slight shift are huge for the outworking and understanding of discipleship / faith.
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