Lesson 6 'Suffering Disgrace for The Name'
I am struck by the lessons comment: Isn't it interesting that their witness was both attractive and repulsive at the same time? They were both a blessing and a disgrace.
I don't know whether it is fair or right to say it this way, so I will pose it as a question. Did the early church gain favor with the 'common' people and upset the leaders/authority figures (Sanhedrin)?
It is important for us to focus on our vision of pursueing Christ reign. This includes people but we can not let people consume us and therefore we are not proclaiming Jesus is the Christ. We begin to proclaim a "watered down" view of Christ.
Just as the lesson states I don't want to be part of a church that is filled with 'nice' Christ followers. I want to be part of a church that will challenge me to pursue Christ's reign with them so that we (I) would be found worthy of suffering disgrace for the name of Christ.
posted by Bill @ 8:40 AM
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Perhaps we can consider other churches, like the ones we pray for. Some of these same churches have a "thief" view of FCC stealing its members. What is our reaction to that allegation?
Are we going to pursue Christ' reign in all of life, and ignore the other churches who we repulse by doing so? Or are we going to allow Christ to be "watered down" by this accusation? I pray we aren't negatively influenced by the falling membership roles of other churches do to FCC's pursuit of Christ. What do you think, Bill? Is Christ worth suffering disgrace, that we may recieve from the rest of our Christian community? Let's take up the challenge, Bro! O,I got bored so I changed my handle, sorry!
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