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The Biblical Church

A lot of people think of church in many different ways but it is good to see how the Bible defines it. Paul, writing to Corinthian believers, addresses his letter,

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their’s and our’s — 1st Corinthians 1:2

It is not a place or a building, though it meets in all places and even in homes (1Cor 16:9; Col 4:15). It is individuals who have met the risen Lord on this side of life, have chosen to follow him, and have said to others

“If your heart is as my heart,
take my hand — John Wesley

— fritz@langgang.com

Rights to Complain

Anthony Bloom

“If you look at the relationship in terms of mutual relationship, you will see that God could complain about us a great deal more than we about Him.

We complain that He does not make himself present to us for the few minutes we reserve for Him, but what about the twenty-three and a half hours during which God may be knocking at our door and we answer ‘I am busy, I am sorry’…

So there is a situation in which we have no right to complain of the absence of God because we are a great deal more absent than He ever is.” — Anthony Bloom, Beginning to Pray, page 4-5

Purpose to make yourself available to Jesus when there is a stirring in heart; these will be the sweetest times of prayer.

— fritz@langgang.com

Many find it inconceivable that God, who knows everything, who runs the universe, who is eternal and perfect would listen to prayer from such puny finite creatures as us.

But think of it this way…where did humility, itself, come from?

It is inconceivable to think that the creator of humility would not, himself, be the most humble of all — humble enough to put on humanity, die for our sins, listen to our prayers.

— fritz@langgang.com