Jesus prayed this:
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by[d] the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
If Jesus prayed that we not be removed from the world, but be protected from the evil one, why then have we removed ourselves by closing ourselves off from the world? How, you may ask. Well, its quite easy. How is your local church giving back to the community? I'm not talking about a soup kitchen or a blanket run. I'm talking something that the world does not offer them.
We see child prostitutes on the street and immediately get a sermon for Sunday service on how broken the world is. On that we build up prayer lists where we ask God, in tears, to do something to heal our communities.....uhm, HELLO! God sent US. We are to DO something, not SAY something.
Can we than do anything when we are cooped up in our own little world within the church building? To whom are we the light? One another in church? No wonder we end up comparing the brightness of the lights and end up tearing ourselves apart.
Church needs to get out the church building and dive into those slums and dark places and be the light there, cause that's where the light is not. With Jesus in us, the world and it's darkness poses no threat to us and our salvation.
If, for some reason, you cannot go into those dark corners and slums, then send a missionary. Support them in prayer and financially. Is that the right thing to do? Well, that question should be posed by you to God.
How or who to send.....follow this link Missionary Heart
Amen... I think we as a church should really start thinking in a different way... Rather than preaching on what people do. Let us go out there and stop them and then preach to them the word of salvation and. Let us help them reach the light. It's not like they don't see the light. They do its just that they need the map and they need guidance, since we are sent by the almighty, lets do it and let's stop being selfish. Lets do what we're hired to do
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DeleteAmen... I think we as a church should really start thinking in a different way... Rather than preaching on what people do. Let us go out there and stop them and then preach to them the word of salvation and. Let us help them reach the light. It's not like they don't see the light. They do its just that they need the map and they need guidance, since we are sent by the almighty, lets do it and let's stop being selfish. Lets do what we're hired to do
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