Jeg liker så godt de følgende refleksjonene som en bekjent av meg skrev i morges rundt det å dra på møte eller gudstjeneste. Hvorfor er det relevant i et forum for tilbedere? Jo, fordi tilbedelse handler om å frykte og elske Gud, og én av tingene Gud vil ha er Menigheten sin - fellesskapet av tilbedere. Jeg tenker f.eks. på de mange eksemplene i Apostlenes gjerninger som viser oss menighetsfellesskapet. Jeg tenker også på alt Paulus skriver i brevene sine om menighetsfellesskapet. Og jeg tenker helt konkret på det han skriver til korinterne om menigheten i Makedonia: "Og de ga ikke bare slik vi håpet, men de ga seg selv, først til Herren og så til oss, slik Gud vil det." (2.Kor.8,5)
"This morning Sarah and I are off to church. Something I have done thousands of times since becoming a Christian 33 years ago. This morning I'm asking myself why? Think about all those lie ins reading the Sunday newspapers listening to Steve Wright's Sunday love songs! Every time I go to church I am reminded that my salvation was personal but my sanctification is corporate. In becoming a Christian I joined the family of God, an eclectic mix of the imperfect weird and wonderful. A family which invites me to share in the blessings and responsibilities of belonging. Belonging has shaped my believing and both have shaped my becoming. This morning in going to church I'm grateful for the freedom I enjoy to worship God with some of my fellow travellers and to celebrate with them the wonderful journey we have embarked on together. I realise church is in fact not somewhere I go but who I am and "I am" because "we are"."
(Originalt postet 24. mai 2015.)
"This morning Sarah and I are off to church. Something I have done thousands of times since becoming a Christian 33 years ago. This morning I'm asking myself why? Think about all those lie ins reading the Sunday newspapers listening to Steve Wright's Sunday love songs! Every time I go to church I am reminded that my salvation was personal but my sanctification is corporate. In becoming a Christian I joined the family of God, an eclectic mix of the imperfect weird and wonderful. A family which invites me to share in the blessings and responsibilities of belonging. Belonging has shaped my believing and both have shaped my becoming. This morning in going to church I'm grateful for the freedom I enjoy to worship God with some of my fellow travellers and to celebrate with them the wonderful journey we have embarked on together. I realise church is in fact not somewhere I go but who I am and "I am" because "we are"."
(Originalt postet 24. mai 2015.)
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