Body of Church, Body of Christ - Part 3

It sure has been a long time since I wrote my last blog.

Love-packed month with GKYM, Mosaic Retreat, and all the other things that have been going on in my life. I guess I have not had a chance to sit in front of a computer and write what I feel about the body of the church.

This will my last series on Body of Church, Body of Christ.

To summarize the Body of the Church, it is necessary to remember that church is not a physical place. Church is spiritual, church is behavioural, church is sometimes abstract. The church in the bible can only be explained by the people, those who follow Christ and put Christ as the head.

With this in mind, Christians are given the opportunity to love, to be passionate, to have fellowship, and to train together. 

One member from Hillsong United said this at the concert I recently went to. He talked to the congregation about salvation.

He showed how the idea of Christian life is not as hard as people think. This convicted me deeply. 
So many people in the world are scared to devote their lives in God. But really is not something He needs from us. He does not need us to "support" Him or "Live for Him and Glorify His name". He is well-off without us, probably even more well-off. It's by His Grace that we have a chance, not the other way around. 

Firstly, Hillsong asked everyone for an altar call, THOUSANDS of people to alter call. Although only God knows who really received Jesus as their personal saviour and Lord, it still was a moment of surrounding love. 
The member said;
- First thing to do, is to talk to others about your salvation and greatness of God, how your life has changed. 
- Secondly, go find a church, and then be the church.
- and lastly, take your Bible and make it your own. Read it all the time and sincerely, think about the verse and pray about it. 

There really is no other thing in life. Life is just an opportunity that God gave us. Without this life, we would be just going straight to hell, the moment that we were born, or even, born in hell. 

Sometimes, that scares the crap out of me. The idea that we wouldn't be born into this life but we would be born into hell. This opportunity of 60~80 years of age is such a blessing from God. 

Psalm 28:7 says:

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.

The fact that he gave as a living chance, the fact that we are far from deserving any piece of it, but he still gave it to us, is amazing. 
We are saved from His strength, from His shield and we should be, if at least, thankful.

I hope you all see this biggest miracle of love. 

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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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