Friday, May 02, 2008
Eternity
Scotwise quote Chuck Colson:
But the Church is the Body of Christ on this earth, it has lasted since Christ was here and will last until His return. That does not necessarily mean we build physical structures designed to last for eternity - I have visited too many of those now reduced to the status of mere museum.
But it does mean we build people with the intent that they build people and so it passes, generation to generation. And the people from this generation will look remarkably like the people of the last and the people of the next. Something eternal may change a bit in appearance, but its essential shape will remain or it will be something less than eternal.
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When slavery to fashion invades the church, our latest ideas are yesterday's fads. We adopt the world's agenda -- just a few years too late. Many churchmen sport theological bell-bottoms.One of the things I am continually amazed about is that we seem to forget the church is something ETERNAL. We treat it like we treat everything else in our live, disposable, replaceable, temporary.
But the Church is the Body of Christ on this earth, it has lasted since Christ was here and will last until His return. That does not necessarily mean we build physical structures designed to last for eternity - I have visited too many of those now reduced to the status of mere museum.
But it does mean we build people with the intent that they build people and so it passes, generation to generation. And the people from this generation will look remarkably like the people of the last and the people of the next. Something eternal may change a bit in appearance, but its essential shape will remain or it will be something less than eternal.
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