Mistake of Doing Nothing

What do we think about living the Christian life?
Sometimes we run through life as if we're perfectly fine of this plateau-ing life that we just "follow" His calling, "follow" Sundays, and "follow" church people thinking we are doing what we are called to do. We're so afraid of trying new things... going on missions, preaching the gospel to someone, leadership, community outings, fellowship opportunities, outreach and etc.

Francis Chan makes a really good point here. In the message, he talks about Apostle Peter and how he writes to all of us, saying that we are equals in faith as Christ Jesus has sacrificed His life for us. We are all equals because of Jesus.

He also talks about how scripture recites this same message over and over again.

"Be fruitful and multiply." (Genesis 1:28), "fishers of men" (Matthew 4:19)

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age

Matthew 28:19-20

Well, if this is the case..., why are we so hesitant to just try things? If we walk with Jesus, and believe that we are equipped by the Holy Spirit, then what's the harm in trying? The worst that can happen is just failing, learning something new about yourself and making a new direction. As children of this perfect God, we wouldn't be able to get everything right, but the mistakes we make will only help us grow in Him.

Jesus said to 'Love God and love your neighbours', so we should do everything possible to share the love of Christ.

God is the one who will open the right door and close the wrong doors to let you know anyways. Pray, and ask God, and just try as long as it is in line with His words. He will show you if that is the right path or not just like he did for Paul, Jonah, David and so many others. God gave you all the equipment, and now it's up to you to just do it.

Don't make the mistake of not doing anything. It is the most simple mistake not to make.

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Body of Church, Body of Christ - Part 2

As the second part of this series, here is a clip by Francis Chan describing the church in the bible. 
Church in the Bible shows that there is a lot of passion and unity.

Francis Chan explains the church in the Bible in a very simple terms,

In the video, he talks about 4 aspects of church:  

Love, Passion for sharing the gospel, Fellowship and Bible Training.

Love

Love is an important aspect about a church. Church is a group of people who love each other and lift another. This love is not from us sinners but from Jesus who loved us so much. God loves everyone in every way and there is nothing that can come between us and His love. The unending love is so amazing since we try so hard to refuse and yet, He still loves us no matter what. 

Passion for gospel

The people in the first church had one goal: to spread the gospel to the world, sharing the good news. Every moment is a mission for us as that is what we are born to be. All we can do is talk about how amazing God is and how He has changed our lives. 

Fellowship

God gives us the people, and the church to support another and to lift another. The accountability of fellowship is so important since we are living in a sinful world. When there is a member who is struggling, we are accountable for each other and to serve another. The importance of fellowship comes from serving another.

Bible Training

When someone died for us to save us from death and eternal separation from God, why can't we spend just a little more time to learn more about that someone? Jesus has lowered Himself to be one of us, and to die in the hands of people He saves. To know more of Him is crucial as a church.

Acts 20 : 28 says,
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

To have the life with love and passion is something so amazing, and to know that God gave us this, is even more amazing.

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