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Ordinary Christians in the Hands of the Extra-Ordinary God. Part 4:
Ordinary Christians in the Hands of the Extra-Ordinary God.
Part 4:
12 Some of you are saying, “I
am a follower of Paul.” Others are saying, “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow
Peter, [d]” or
“I follow only Christ! …… 4 When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says,
“I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world? 5 After all, who is Apollos?
Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good
News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us. 6 I planted the seed in your
hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. 11 for no one can lay any
foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ….
21 So don’t
boast about following a particular human leader. For everything belongs to you— 22 whether
Paul or Apollos or Peter,[g] or the
world, or life and death, or the present and the future. Everything belongs to you, 23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
When we look at the Church today, what do we see and what do
we mean by the word Church ? to some the word Church has a negative effect on
the other hand, the word Church has a positive effect, to others Church should
be consigned to the past, and it doesn’t have any relevance to them and society
both today in the present or indeed tomorrow the future, some think of the word Church and
they think of a physical building others think of the New Testament concept of
God’s people or a spiritual building.
The Church today is divided into various camps or tribal
groups, that more often or not have very little to do with other camps or
tribal groups, sometimes different churches can be close to each in terms of a
physical distance, but miles apart in so many other ways. Is the Church somewhere we can go to or is
it a body of people that we belong to, and are joined alongside each other to
work alongside each other to see the Good News of the Gospel of the Kingdom
preached to those without the Good News of Salvation through our Lord and Saviour Jesus.
We are divided into groups or denominations that have more to
do with our past, and very little to do with our present or future. We hold
onto ways of both doing and being church because of our history and our
responsibilities to that history, and the expectancies of others. Sometimes we're divided into seemingly rival tribal groups, because for some our revelation of being and doing church is driven by being the people of God where His Presence dwells, but on the other hand we're divided because of politics and personalties !.The Church is a movement for change and
transformation but for many of us The Church has become a monument to our
spiritual forefathers who were a movement for change and transformation !.
We follow men and sometimes women, we follow the traditions
that were our spiritual forefather’s doctrines and their distinctiveness from
other tribal groups and when someone from another tribe says let’s meet
together for fellowship and to share together, we say we can't because we’re
group a and your group b and our big chief said in 1920 said that we need to
avoid group b because your understanding of church and Christianity is
different from way he told us to be the church and to be a Christian and
therefore you’re wrong, or we do meet together but in a spirit of reluctance
and/or a spirit of mistrust, we’ve created theories, doctrines, theologies and solutions how we’re to be the church and to life our Christian lives and be a Christian Witness, but many of
those theories etc belong in the past, and have become hindrances and obstacles
for us today.
Many of our tribes or denominations have become tied to the
way we did Church, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or a 100 plus years ago, we look for
structure and safety in the past. We
think that the way we do and are the Church is the right or indeed the only way
to be do or be Church, we mistake our history for our present and future and wonder why despite our best efforts, our
prayers indeed our prophecies, we’re unfulfilled !
When our Lord Jesus walked the streets of his homeland, he saw a fig tree and when he looked for
fruit he found only leaves Matthew 21:18-20, 18 In the morning, as he was
returning to the city, he became hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree by
the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said
to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered
at once. 20 When the disciples saw it,
they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?
I
would say that so many of our churches are like that fig tree, yes we have life
but it has gone to produce only leaves, instead of producing leaves alongside fruit,
indeed later in the same chapter, Jesus spoke about the physical nation of
Israel, saying that because they trusted in themselves rather than trusting in
the Lord, that had lost the Kingdom of God, Matthew 21:43 43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given
to a people producing its fruits.
For many
of our churches today, we’ve lost the Kingdom of God because we’ve trusted in
ourselves, our systems, structures and strategies instead of trusting Him , our
Lord and Saviour
Jesus, we’ve just grown leaves not fruit
and God has gone and left us, even then we’ve created a theology and/or theory/or solutions around that, see Habakkuk 3:15-18 17 Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,
and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though
the flocks die in the fields, and the
cattle barns are empty, 18 yet I will
rejoice in the Lord! I will be
joyful in the God of my salvation!
However there is a message of hope, for those Churches that
once proclaimed God’s Message, Haggai 1:6 6 You have planted much but
harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty.
You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you
were putting them in pockets filled with holes! See Haggai
1, our transformation isn’t due to our living in the luxury houses
that are our own tribal
groups/denominations/churches but rather our transformation comes through being
part of His Church, or the Temple or the House of the Lord. We’ve become consumed that our way
of doing and being Church is also the Lord’s way of doing and being Church, but
our ways are not his ways of doing and being Church see Isaiah
55:8-11
We have set in place man made structures, systems and organizations
to how to do and be the Church today, we set in place committees, clerical
systems and called and commissioned those He’s not called and commissioned to
lead us in being the Church and we wonder why nothing is working, we’ve watered
down and diluted our message to make it pliable
to others, we’ve accepted things that go against Biblical
Standards like Homosexual Clergy and
wonder why God isn’t moving amongst us and blessing us ?
Yet, there is hope for us the Church, the old wineskins of our ways, those beloved ways of doing and being the
Church aren’t working and if we try to add His way of being and doing Church or
the new wine to our old wineskins, our old wineskins are going to tear and
break up, instead we need His new wineskins of doing and being the Church, his
structure, systems, and Leadership* and following those He has called and
commissioned to lead us forward, see Luke
5:37-39.
We notice in Scripture, there is a God Ordained indeed Organized
way of being and doing Church, no longer will our man made systems cope with
the things, our message should be say no, to the status quo, We don’t need any other or more denominations
or tribes, we don’t need another methodology of doing and being the
Church. We need to be a Movement and not
a Monument. We need to see a restoration of Apostolic Christianity, which is a
Movement for the 21st Century Church not a Monument to the 1st
Century Church. We need to see Revival
through a Renewed Church .
It says in Ephesians 4:11-13* 11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the
church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and
teachers. 12 Their
responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church,
the body of Christ. 13 This will
continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s
Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete
standard of Christ. See Ephesians
4:11-16 for context.
Yours in
His Grace
Blair
Humphreys
Friday 30 March 2012
Ordinary Christians in the Hands of the Extra-Ordinary God. Part 3 or A Call to Return to Apostolic Christianity
Ordinary Christians in the
Hands of the Extra-Ordinary God.
Part 3
I
Corinthians 1:12-13 and 3:4-11 New Living Translation.
12 Some of you are saying, “I
am a follower of Paul.” Others are saying, “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow
Peter, [d]” or
“I follow only Christ.” 13 Has Christ been divided into factions? Was I, Paul, crucified for
you? Were any of you baptized in the name of Paul? Of course not! …… 4 When one of you says, “I am
a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting
just like people of the world? 5 After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants
through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave
us. 6 I planted the seed in your
hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. 7 It’s not important who does
the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the
seed grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the
same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work. 9 For we are both God’s
workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building. 10 Because of God’s grace to
me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building
on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful.11 for no one can lay any
foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ
Today
when we walk in the places we live, we see buildings that are used for various
purposes, some buildings are where we live, other buildings are where we work,
shop, rest and relax, there are specialist buildings such as Train Stations,
Churches and Hospitals, each building has a specific function and role to
fulfill that more often is unique to that building, sometimes buildings can be
adapted and changed to serve a different purpose than their original purpose,
some buildings have been left desolate and have become ruins and monuments,
some buildings are empty because no one can find a use for them anymore. Each building we see regardless of its use
and purpose needs a foundation.
The
Lord Jesus said in Matthew 7:24 NLT, “Anyone
who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a
house on solid rock” see Matthew 7:24-27 and Luke 47- 49 for the context. Luke 6:47-48 NLT says , “47 I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me,
listens to my teaching, and then follows it. 48 It is like a person building a house that
digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and
break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built.
Today in 2012, we see various versions
of the Bible, that are available for us to read and study, I use the New Living
Translation for my day to day reading although I do have the English Standard Version
on my phone, and when I write I use Bible
Gateway which has dozens of Bible Versions. I’ve used various versions of the
Bible since I was saved at 11 but at the end of day as The Apostle Paul wrote
in 2 Timothy 3: 15-17 NLT, “15 You
have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you
the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus. 16 All
Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make
us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and
teaches us to do what is right. 17 God
uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
To develop and progress in our Christian walk and witness, to
be more effective disciples of our Lord and Saviour we must read and study
God’s Written Word daily. When I was in
Sunday School, I remember singing this song “Read
your Bible, Pray every day, if you want to Grow “If that was important for
me as a child how much more important is for me as a more mature Christian today?
When someone builds a foundation for a building, if they
decide to use cheap or substandard building materials wouldn’t that building
look strange or be dangerous and likely to collapse, yet if we don’t as
Christians build using the correct building materials wouldn’t our lives and
our Christian Witness look equally strange, look dangerous or likely to
collapse see 1
Corinthians 3:12-13 NLT.
We build our Christian
Life and Witness not on the latest fads or fashions, the opinions or
perspectives of others however appealing or relevant they seem, we don’t build
on what the non-Christian or anti-Christian demands of our Society are. We build
on God’s Word the Bible that has been and still is God’s Inspired Word; there
is nothing more relevant to us today than God’s Word
The Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 2:20 NLT, “20 Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and
the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.”
To lead
His Church into the fullness and completeness that He always intended it to be,
Our Lord Jesus set apart Leadership
Gifts, that this He has called in the past and is calling today specific individuals to positions of Leadership in
His Church, today we have various names, titles and badges and descriptions of
Leadership that vary from Church to Church!.
We have built man-made structures and systems
from the early days of the Church to co-ordinate what happens in the Church,
I’m not against co-ordination or structure and systems but the organization of
Church isn’t the central purpose of the Church, In many cases we have made a
god of organization. The Church is a living
and breathing organism, the organization is the servant of the organism but
more often or not the organism has become the servant of the organization.
I’m not
saying that the Church and our Church Meetings become a free for all, the place
of gossip and chat, good ideas and the downright weird and wacky, although it
can happen, however, there is a divinely inspired framework for the correct method of Church Structure.
In the New
Testament especially Paul’s epistles, we see God’s structure for the Church and
how the Church should be organized and lead.
Today we have Vicars, Priests, Bishops, Archbishops, Reverends etc etc,
we give people titles and badges and recognition, but are they God given
titles, badges and recognition or are they man given?
We see
both in 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4, part of God’s structure and framework
for the church, 1 Corinthians 12:28
ESVA, “And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. For the
context see 1
Corinthians 12:27-30, and Ephesians 4:11-13 NLT, “11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the
church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and
teachers. 12 Their
responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church,
the body of Christ. 13 This will continue until we all come to such
unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the
Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. For the
context see Ephesians
4:11-16.
The first part of God’s structure for the Church are The
Apostles, The Prophets, The Evangelists, The Pastors or Shepherds and The
Teachers which are five distinct ministry areas given to certain individuals in
the Church, these Men and their ministries are gifts given by our Lord and
Saviour as gifts to His Church, the second part of God’s structure are the
Elders and Deacons, I believe that all the other ministry areas here are given
to Men, and although I respect and honour the role/s of the Ladies in the
Church, the biblical example of
Leadership in the Church is uniquely for Men. The descriptions of the roles of The Elders
and Deacons in the Church are found in 1
Timothy 3:1-13. Firstly Elders In 1
Timothy 3:1-2 NLT, “This is a trustworthy saying: “If someone aspires to be an elder, [a] he desires
an honorable position.” 2 So an
elder must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must be faithful to his
wife. [b] He must
exercise self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. Then Secondly Deacons in I Timothy 3:8 NLT, “In the same way, deacons must be well respected
and have integrity.”
I believe
that the correct indeed the only way for His Church to move forward in the 21st
Century and face all the challenges and opportunities that it brings is firstly live as disciples, be in relational covenant with each other and
follow Our Saviour’s leadership and direction in our lives, and
follow the example and influence of those
God has called to lead us, I would describe this a restoration or renewal
of Apostolic Christianity. For my
American readers, I mean New Testament Christianity, not Apostolic in the
context of the Oneness Gospel.
Yours in His Grace
Blair Humphreys
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Ordinary Christians in the Hands of the Extra –Ordinary God. Part 2:
Ordinary Christians in the Hands of the Extra –Ordinary
God.
Part 2:
Ephesians
3:10 -12 and 16 – 21 NIVUK
So that through the church the manifold wisdom of
God might now be made known to the rulers
and authorities in the heavenly places. 11 This was according
to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we
have boldness and access with confidence
through our faith in him…………… 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be
strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,18 may have strength to comprehend with all the
saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of
Christ that surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do far
more abundantly than all that we ask or think according to the power at work
within us, 21 to him be glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen
I grew up in the South Wales Valleys, were the
common themes for many were Chapel, Rugby and the Colliery, the threads that
would often hold those communities together would be those mentioned above, the
hymns of the Chapel such as Guide me, O
Though Great Jehovah would be sung with at least equal gusto on a Saturday
Afternoon watching the Rugby.
In many ways, our lives would have been
influenced and affected by the strong religious traditions of something best
described as chapel culture, when we spoke of the church, we would often have of thought of the Anglican Church with their vicars etc, to many people from a chapel
background the church was a strange place that could be described it’s church, but not as we know it!.
The traditions of Chapel Culture would be at
least influenced by protecting and promoting Welsh Language and Culture, and to
distinguish it against the English Language and Culture. I would say
that in the Village where the Church I was raised in, half the Chapels would
speak Welsh in all their services. I love Wales ,
its Language, Culture and its People but
there aren’t The Lord who died for my sins and the sins of the entire World,
and rose again in Victory and is coming back for us when He comes to reign and
rule and establish His Kingdom in its full
splendour and glory.
We have made idols of so many things in the
Church, whether that be our traditions, heritage and our national or cultural
identities, our churches have become monuments to past moves of God, or to the
men who God raised up to move his Church forward. The Church has become known to what we’re
against rather than what we for, we fight battles and wars with society rather
than supporting and encouraging society, yes there are anti-Christian influences and challenges facing us today, with the prospect of Gay Marriage and the attempts of our
politicians to force change in the legal definition of marriage.
When people
think of Church they think of a dying religion and something that is part of
the establishment. We should stand against the enemy, the devil but our weapons
aren’t the weapons or the strategies of the world, see 2
Corinthians 10:3-5 .We try to convict the people we meet whose lives aren’t
in accordance with scripture of their sin but we aren’t the Holy Spirit who
convicts the world of sin and shows them God’s righteousness see John
16:-8-11 instead we’ve alienated those He sent us to show His Love and
Compassion to.
When Jesus walked the streets of the lands of
Bible Times, he wasn’t part of the
establishment, whether than was the political or the religious establishment,
Jesus is God’s ultimate revolutionary, he isn’t some kind of Jewish Che Guevara,
he was and is the Son of God, who came as
baby, lived a normal life, then for the last 3 years of his life, bought God’s message of transformation,
hope, redemption, salvation, deliverance and peace to those he meet regardless
of their sexuality, disability, cultural or ethic background,
he raised up normal men and women, that were often the lowest and sometimes the
most despised people in society, like his ancestor King David, who’s mighty men
came from those in debt, distress or the discontented, see 2
Samuel 22:3, he died an
agonising death on the
cross, of all the tens of thousands than were crucified by the Roman and other
empires, only one death made a difference, Jesus took the entire sin of the
entire world from that day until he day He returns, and died as the sacrifice
for not only the sins of the church, but the sins of those yet to know Him.
He arose Victorious from the tomb, and entered Heaven after preparing His early
disciples and sending the Holy Spirit see John
20 so that His Church may go forward and see people saved, lives
transformed, hope restored and renewed and salvation bought to the ends of the
earth.
Today, we the Church like David’s Mighty Men
and the early Disciples are God’s Mighty Men and Women of Faith, who have been
tasked by our
Saviour and Lord to advance His Kingdom and His Church into our streets, neighbourhoods,
communities, regions, nations and the nations of the world.
When God commissioned the Prophet Isaiah in
Isaiah 6:8 see
here for context. Isaiah 6:8-9 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom
shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I!
Send me.” 9 And he said, “Go, and say to
this people:
Throughout the History of the
Church, God has called and commissioned Ordinary People just like You and
Me, he’s not called the seemingly best
equipped or seemingly the most talented or indeed the best gifted, when God
sent the Prophet Samuel to anoint Israel’s next King he sent him to the home of
Jesse in Bethlehem, and when he looked at Jesse’s Sons he saw some great and
talented warriors but they weren’t God’s choice see 1
Samuel 16:5-13, God is calling the Ordinary People to rise up for Him see 1
Corinthians 26-29 but let us not be like the Prophet Jonah, who when God
called him to Niveveh went in the opposite direction!
Today God is calling again Whom shall I send, and who will go for us,
will we say Here am I send Me, and will we ready to Go to those who sends us
and where He sends us ?
Yours in His Grace
Blair Humphreys
Friday 23 March 2012
Ordinary Christians in the Hands of the Extra-Ordinary God. Part 1:
Ordinary
Christians in the Hands of the Extra-Ordinary God.
Part 1:
Ephesians
3:10-12 &; 20 &; 21 ESVUK
10 so that through
the Church the manifold wisdom of God
might now be made known to the rulers and
authorities in the heavenly
places 11. This was according to the
eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord 12, in whom we
have boldness and access with confidence
through our faith in
him…………………20 Now to him who is able
to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power
at work within us 21, to him be glory in
the Church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever.
Amen.
I love the Church, I think
it’s amazing, I love Jesus more and more each day and love looking at, reading and
studying His written Word the Bible. and I love being a part of His amazing
Church, When you think about it That the Church belongs to Jesus and His
written Word the Bible explains to us how to live our lives as Christians who
are the people who make up the Church, it can revolutionise your love for the
Church and our Saviour.
I was raised in a Christian
Home and both my dad and my late mum, with my late grandparents give me a love
for Scripture, the Church and our Lord and Saviour Jesus, I was * saved or *
born again or * accepted Jesus as my Lord and Saviour (*depends on your
theological viewpoint!) when I was 11 in a Children’s Meeting, Easter Monday
1981.
I was raised in a little
church in Resolven, which is near Neath, South Wales called The Apostolic church, which is
part of a larger grouping also called the Apostolic church which are part of
the Pentecostal Movement here in the UK the others are The Assemblies of God
and Elim, both of which are a real blessing to know. I spent the first 13 years of the Christian
Life with The Apostolic’s. I thank the Lord for the privilege of being raised
in that denomination and the grounding and foundation I had there, and the
friends I have there today.
Those who know me know I love
reading and one of the things I love reading about is the Church. I devour
books at the best of times, but I’m always drawn to books about the Church.
I’ve been inspired by many godly writers such as Alan Roxburgh, Neil Cole,
Floyd McClung, Bill Johnson and Kris Vallotton amongst others and have been
challenged by what God has said through them.
I’ve also been inspired by some great Church Leaders like Keri Jones,
Arnallt Morgan, Mark Davies, Roger Aubrey, Mick Walford, Mike & John
Sutton-Smith, Geoff Grice and Steve Smith who have through the last 18
years have inspired and challenged me to go on with the things of God, and go
deeper with God. I would like this
opportunity to say thank you and to Arnallt diolch yn fawr.
When you think about it,
there are various models of Church and different perspectives on what the
Church is, and what it should or could be. My Spiritual grounding and heritage
has been and still is the Pentecostal/Charismatic/ Restoration stream/s which are part of the
broader Evangelical Spectrum although I admire and respect those who’s
Christian path has been or is different from mine.
My background is of someone
growing up in the Welsh Valleys , although I now live in the North West of
England, when I think of my younger days that Church more or often or not was
somewhere we went, rather than something we are part of. I
thought of a Physical Building rather
than a Spiritual Building , Yes
Physical Buildings are important but they serve the Spiritual Building , by the
way that’s you and me.
There are
countless ways or models of doing and being the Church such as Missional
church, Simple church etc ,etc there are large churches, small churches, medium
churches, full churches, half full churches, empty churches, traditional
churches, free churches, Baptist churches, Anglican churches, Pentecostal churches the list can
go on and on If you look in your
Telephone Directory or search online, how many churches are listed in your
City, Town or Village ?, * Note I use
the word Church to describe the Church in general and the word church to describe
churches, that is in the local church or the church grouping You or I are part
of, and isn’t meant to diminish any one
church or group of churches *
I don’t believe that there should only
be model or type of church, I believe that each model or type of church is
equally valid and has an important and relevant part to play in our role to
Evangelise those who yet don’t know the Lord, The Lord has called us to work
alongside in a sense of co-operation not to compete against each other in
attracting unbelievers those who yet don’t know the Lord or have a relationship
with Him.
I believe that different models or ways
of doing and being the church can reach different types of people. For one
person may feel comfortable in for example a more traditional type of church
and for another person may feel more comfortable in a more lively church, then
some one else may like a more simple way of doing church for example in a
smaller setting, then someone may feel more comfortable being amongst a crowd.
Our
Lord, Saviour & Redeemer Jesus Christ says in Matthew 16:18b ESVUK.
“I will build my church, and the gates of hell[b] shall not prevail against it.”
The Apostle Paul, says in Ephesians 4:1-7 ESVUK
I therefore, a prisoner
for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the
calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility
and gentleness, with patience, bearing
with one another in love, 3 eager to
maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond
of peace.4 There is one body
and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that
belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one
baptism, 6 one God
and Father of all, who is
over all and through all and in all. 7 But grace was
given to each one of us according
to the measure of Christ's gift
Our Lord, Saviour and
Redeemer give his life for One Church and He’s coming back for One Church, regardless of what part of the Church You or
I belong to we are One Church.
In
part 2 onwards I will look in more depth into the Book of Ephesians mostly and
other books of the Bible to see what it means to be the Church and how we go
about being The Church, I’m hoping to expand in more depth at a later point Ordinary Christians in the Hands of the
Extra –Ordinary God.
Yours in His Grace
Blair Humphreys
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