1 Timothy 3
A chapter largely written about what deacons and "overseers" in a church should be, what we should look out for in one. ALthough it doesn't directly apply to everyone of us unless we use it as a criteria in our search for our church leaders but v14 was quite interesting:
"Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that, if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth."
From this I can't help but smile at the thought of the church being a "household" or a "family", it's almost like a mafia of faith. But in a way, it is a reminder that we as Christians are representatives of God in this world. And when we look at how the church is viewed today, it is a sad fact that a few bad Christians can be detrimental to the image of the church on a worldwide level and I don't think this just applies to the usual fingerpointing at paedophile priests, tele-evangelist and street corner doom preachers. Each Christian has the calling to reflect the character of Christ, it's quite cliche but we are the "Christ" that people see and in turn believe.
So everytime we don't display the fruit of the Spirit, we are being counter-productive to the message of grace and transformation Christ brings to us. So I guess we all need to pray hard and work hard on our own lives to ensure what we're perceived as is more than an empty faith.
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A chapter largely written about what deacons and "overseers" in a church should be, what we should look out for in one. ALthough it doesn't directly apply to everyone of us unless we use it as a criteria in our search for our church leaders but v14 was quite interesting:
"Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that, if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth."
From this I can't help but smile at the thought of the church being a "household" or a "family", it's almost like a mafia of faith. But in a way, it is a reminder that we as Christians are representatives of God in this world. And when we look at how the church is viewed today, it is a sad fact that a few bad Christians can be detrimental to the image of the church on a worldwide level and I don't think this just applies to the usual fingerpointing at paedophile priests, tele-evangelist and street corner doom preachers. Each Christian has the calling to reflect the character of Christ, it's quite cliche but we are the "Christ" that people see and in turn believe.
So everytime we don't display the fruit of the Spirit, we are being counter-productive to the message of grace and transformation Christ brings to us. So I guess we all need to pray hard and work hard on our own lives to ensure what we're perceived as is more than an empty faith.
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