Monday, June 18, 2007

Will the Real Church Please Stand Up?

The true Church of Jesus Christ is not a building made with hands, rather it is composed of individuals who have repented of their sinful state of being and have decided to follow after Jesus Christ. This Spiritual manifestation of the Body of Christ is best represented when Christ's followers gather together to obey the mandates He left for us in Scripture.

As a follower of Christ, for 17 years, I have spent countless hours studying the Scripture, looking for things that Christ is asking me to do. I desire to be pleasing to Him...so I search for the things that make Him happy and ask for the Holy Spirit's help to do them. Jesus did say that, "If you love me,you will keep my commandment."

Recently my attention has been drawn to the commands in Scripture that include the words "one another". I heard once that there are 88 such commands in the Scripture. I have made it my homework to find them all. Of course, that means that I will have to ask God to help me to obey them all too! Anyway...just thought that I would share some of the ways that the Real Church interacts with "one another"...
Show mercy and compassion to one another.
Love one another.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.
Honor one another above yourselves.Live in harmony with one another.Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.
Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another.
Accept one another, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Greet one another.Instruct one another.
Agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
Serve one another.
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up.
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Brothers, do not slander one another.
Love one another deeply, from the heart.
All of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.
Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
Greet one another with a kiss of love.
We should love one another.
Love one another as he commanded us. Wow...I think He wants us to love one another!
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
I ask that you love one another so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.
Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.
And do not forget to do good and to share with each other, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good post! I might add, you exemplify these traits quite well. Thanks for being an inspiration to all of us!

Anonymous said...

Very good post, " can you say conviction, " wow! I agree with Rhona you do exemplify this very well. May we all do has Christ has commanded.

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