We don’t label people like we used to, with our handy pre-printed tags. We even tried doing this with Jesus, but He blew our definitions apart - 2 Cor 5:16 (The Word on the street translation)
Some of my most favorite doctrines, beliefs, and even some of my most basic cultural preferences were blown apart when I came face to face with Jesus. He blows our definitions apart.
I would love to hear from you – just one example of how Jesus blew apart something that you held onto in the past.
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Just read my blog. It is full of the pieces of the explosion…
May i relate an experience i had when i visited a group of believers in Tirana , Albania some years ago .This experience had a profound impact of blowing apart many of my definition’s in so many ways . I witnessed things that i believe are rare in this generation. My concept of the christian life took a sledge mammer blow by the privilege of witnessing a corporate love affair with Jesus Christ..I watched with awe group of fledgling brothers and sisters who spoke to one another with a widom that does not have its origin in this world but rather spoke to one another with a secret wisdom hidden in God and destined for our glory from before the foundation of the ages.Not learned or taught to them by anyone. Not even a hint of an us and them spirit was amoung them a rare dynamic indeed. To have over functioned in this enviroment where the headship of Christ was manifest would been to have grieve the Holy Spirit and stood out as usurping the revered presence of Christ in the gathering. Then there was the most amazing phenomenon of corprorate leadership and decisions made about the direction of the church not being in the hands of any one individual or group with-in the church . The witnessing of of a corporate expression of Jesus Christ has been am experience that has brought about amajor paradimn shift in my understanding of my relationship to my Lord and his beloved spouse.
O Roddy – reading your comment I can hear your voice and that makes us long for your (you, Sharon & Abi’s) company.
If there is one concept that has been completely smashed in the pass few years – it’s the concept I had of church. It is so much more than the man-made attempts to organise stuff.