Understanding

I came away from church this past Sunday with the distinct impression that we (the corporate church in the world) do not really understand. It wasn’t “church” that was disappointing... it was the bible teaching, but I’ll confess, I could be cynical, or I’m naïve and only think I’m cynical.

Vanity Fair

“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. What profit has a man from all his labor in which he toils under the sun?” Eccl. 1:2-3

“Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor in which I had toiled; And indeed, all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.” Eccl. 2:11

CHRISTIAN EXAMPLE

“…And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch”  Acts 11:26
The word “Christian” may have intended to mean, those who believe that Jesus is the Christ, or it may mean those who ARE like Jesus the Christ. With the former, one would not necessarily be demonstrating what it is to live as a Christian. With the latter, there would be no doubt.

If Jesus were physically among us (as then), I presume He would still be as controversial as He was. But, as with those who then heard His Word and understood His Gospel message, and were enlightened to Him being the Son of God, and saw His convicting example, so the world, too, today would recognize the example of a Christ-like life. The reality is that the responsibility of example falls on true believers. I do not say “the Christian community” because as a whole, ecumenism has messed things up. The world of Christianity today is just that…The World IN Christianity! It is a mortal compromise.