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"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing" - 1 TH 5:11
I was reading an article about how a single mother in US is struggling to bring up her children by working thru 3 different jobs. I don't know how much time she spends in those jobs and I don't know how much time that she will have for her children in a week. But I understand that it must be a real struggle for her and also I believe lots of single mother in US goes thru such difficult time in their life.
The same article also states that she is a regular church goer. But there is no mention about how much the Church was helping her in such difficult times. If there is no such help offered then I wonder how such people can get motivation to go to Church week on week. I do agree that God's word is a great comfort for all of us in times of trouble. But God instituted the Church to grow spiritually along with others. We need one another to stay in faith in such a difficult time.
If you read Acts chapters 1 and 2, you will understand that even the physical needs of the people from the Church are met by God making the new believers to sell their property. They brought that to apostles and they distributed that among believers. As Jesus promised in Mathew 10, He had taken care of their daily needs.
The reason that the early Church was growing at rapid speed was this, that they cared for one another, loved one another, shared what they had one another and so on. But in today's Christian community we don't see such things. No one care about other members in Church, in fact Church becomes a hanging out place or a club used for couple of hours every week. Then how do we expect the Church to grow.
So, first of all we need to clean our Church internally so that the non-believers will get an opportunity to see the inner spirit of the Church. Therefore encourage one another. Encourage each other and build each other up. There are so many verses in the Bible about building each other up but yet we do not obey His commands. In today's scenario, NO Church is speaking about the unity in the Church OR about one another. And this is happening for years and years. I believe that this is time to change. The Church must change so that God can work wonders through Church.
God Bless You!
If you read Acts chapters 1 and 2, you will understand that even the physical needs of the people from the Church are met by God making the new believers to sell their property. They brought that to apostles and they distributed that among believers. As Jesus promised in Mathew 10, He had taken care of their daily needs.
The reason that the early Church was growing at rapid speed was this, that they cared for one another, loved one another, shared what they had one another and so on. But in today's Christian community we don't see such things. No one care about other members in Church, in fact Church becomes a hanging out place or a club used for couple of hours every week. Then how do we expect the Church to grow.
So, first of all we need to clean our Church internally so that the non-believers will get an opportunity to see the inner spirit of the Church. Therefore encourage one another. Encourage each other and build each other up. There are so many verses in the Bible about building each other up but yet we do not obey His commands. In today's scenario, NO Church is speaking about the unity in the Church OR about one another. And this is happening for years and years. I believe that this is time to change. The Church must change so that God can work wonders through Church.
God Bless You!
February 24, 2020
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