following jesus is easy

Accepting to follow Jesus means choosing to change how you live, unless you are one of the lucky perfect few. How does God ask us to live? To worship him with everything you are, and to love other people as you would hope others would treat you (Matthew 7:12). And, fortunately an example of being loved by someone else has/is already given. God. Choosing to live is to love as God loves us (John 15:1-17). Indeed, anything you say or...

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who is the head of the church?

Does authority exist even if we choose to ignore or not recognise it? If so, does Christ's authority exist if we as believers or as the church collectively ignore or not recognise it, let alone disobey it If yes, then would it be wise to discover and then stop doing everything that usurps his authority? Usurp? Yes, anything we do to take that does not belong to us. What areas does the church currently do this? How are you personally...

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god healed the divide

If God desires there be no division between his people, where do denominational groupings within the church fit? What about those who are called believers and unbelievers Paul appealed people to live in harmony with each other, without divisions in the church. To be of one mind, united in thought and purpose... Some claimed to be a follower of Paul, others Apollos, others Peter, or only Christ. But Christ is not divided into factions....

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For those of you who sometimes look around and ask if things will ever change, within the structure that is church please remember... There was a time when exile was all the Hebrew nation knew There was once a time when you could have spent money to ease your way and those of your loved ones into heaven There was a time when unless you could understand Latin, God's word was unavailable There was a time when no thought was given to slavery to...

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isaiah 65:11

Saw the head pastor of Fusion City Church Canberra Australia sharing the message of Isaiah 65:11. This congregation is where my family has been visiting since late 2010. This is the first time I have read this part of Isaiah and fear its strength, my stomach feels knotted. Please read the whole chapter, and more as needed “But because the rest of you have forsaken the Lord and have forgotten his Temple, and because you have...

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