Posted by Bigfish69 on 8:17 am | Categories: accountability, authentic, authority, church, church health, discipleship, dysfunction, god's people, leadership, pastor, sect, sectarian, tribal
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 do, if it lacks love is nothing (1 Corinthians 13).
What does it look like to love as God loves us?
How would church activity need to change in order to start and finish in love?
God
has given the church apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and
teachers to equip his people to do what he asks them to do. Until, the
church is unified in faith and knowledge of Christ in such a way that we
are mature, that is measure up to the full and complete standard of
Christ (Ephesians 4).
Is the church mature today?
Are people who say they are 'christian' pursuing teachings that sound like the gospel, but not? Which ones do you do this?
How are these teachings different, no matter how obvious or subtle?
Are people who say they are 'christian' speaking and living God’s truth with love?
What are some examples of how they should be speaking and behaving?
Are
people who say they are 'christian' doing what God asks them to do or
are they doing what people ask of them? What about you?
