Sunday, February 23, 2014
i had a lot of things to think about today... confused to say the least! but i have resolved in my head that perhaps sometimes its ok if people do not hold the same views as you. was just thinking about the calvinism and armenianism issue, and i realised that maybe it isnt fundamental. yeah, its not like i havent thought about this before, but today i had a really strong urge to fight my case because i felt like it concerned works based salvation. but perhaps i am seeing things the wrong way? i really dont know how to phrase this.. my mind is in a knot : /
but i thank God that Christianity can be simple if we make it to be. one of my friends wisely said:
"So encouraged to see different groups of Filipina sisters-in-Christ doing bible study at city hall McDonalds. They say they meet 3 times on weekdays to study God's word together. Im so envious of them frankly. That's all is needed for fellowship really. Not Christians who come together to talk about anything under the sun but Christ, and call it fellowship.
Fellowship is simply talking about Jesus and encouraging others to walk like Jesus, because we love Jesus. Enough of all the gimmicks, enough of the fun and games, enough of the noise, enough of the extra-biblical stuff! The church needs to get real and simply go back to doing what the bible says. That's why our own version of Christianity has so little impact, because we like to major on the minors and minor on the majors."
those words really pierced right through me, and gave me goosebumps. it reminded me how far we all are from what the church is supposed to be. we always make ourselves busy with the minor things, like fellowship tea, dinners, cards, offering. So much so that sometimes we forget why we come to church for! We are here to be there for each other, to ask each other about our lives, and encourage each other! i need to keep reminding myself not just to be another person who happens to come to the same church and listen to the same pastor. i need to start loving my family in Christ with my actions!
avoid the aliens;
1:16 AM
