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Steps for the Church ...

Wednesday, August 5, 2009. We are talking about “Steps into the Unknown” this week. What are the steps for the Christian church which it needs to go today?

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Church is meant to be the community of Jesus, the Christ. It is the community of all those people who believe in him. Church has a very deep meaning in the New Testament. It is God's big project for the earth. Church is important!

We have run down church. In fact, we did this from the very beginning. The New Testament itself testifies that church was always full of problems, of people who believed, but were not able to convert the big belief into action. There were brief moments in history when church was what it was meant to be: the love, grace and truth of God on earth. But then it was hit hard and scattered, between violent force and internal decay church has experienced all difficulties which one can think of.

Today church is separated into many churches of different type. Church has developed various religious doctrines. Church is a big enterprise with many in it who did not get the basic points of faith. Church is an institution, which has lost much of its original drive. Clearly, church needs deep renewal on all levels. I am not thinking about a particular church. This is definitely true for all of us, for all our churches, from orthodox to free charismatic, from catholic to protestant, from reformed to evangelical. We all are only a very distorted image of what Jesus wants his church to be. We all need to go important steps forward into the unknown. We need to become his church!

What are concrete steps for the Church. Don't worry, I am not trying to promote to take away your church, your power, your responsibility. On the contrary: you have the responsibility in your church, where ever you live on this planet. Take full responsibility, and then walk in faith! Change the way you live and interact in your church! Live his love! Realize his truth! Find to him with all levels of your life! Church needs to be Jesus' vibrant body, him living on earth today. Church needs to be a house of trust, of help, of dedication, of work, of open doors, of time and appreciation!

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As his church we need to grow towards the unity he has asked us to have. This means that we accept that there are many, who believe in him. History has separated us - with many mistakes on all sides. But he leads us back together, while we discover more from him. His forgiveness will guide us! We will not find unity in the state we are in at the moment. But we will find unity when we learn more from Jesus, when we get to know him better on our path of faith. He will be our unity! He is our peace. ... more texts

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