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January 7, 2011
Here is a statement you can take to the bank, "Your opinion will never change anyone's heart!" The scripture doesn't say, "You shall know Steve's opinion and that opinion will set you free." :) Rather, it says, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." We operate far too often on opinions and personal tastes when it comes to "doing" church.
Here is an idea. What if we stopped telling each other, and God, how WE do church and ask HIM how do YOU want us to do it? Crazy idea isn't it? Grin:)
I dare say little would come from Jesus about what version of the scripture to use, (although he preferred Hebrew and Greek), He would probably have little concern with what kind of music we played or the style of worship we employed. (However, Psalm 150 gives us instructions about a fairly loud and exuberant form of worship, whatever that means.)
I believe Jesus main concern would be for the integrity of the Word and the message it carried. Too many things divide us, and Satan laughs with glee. If we were to put half the passion we have for fighting one another into the cause of Christ, we would be winning the battle in the U.S.
It is the CAUSE of Christ that unites us as Christian's not the peripheries.
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