Friday, August 1, 2008

There are no Jews, no Greeks, etc. Part 20

So many times I want my needs met by going to Church, but that is not the purpose. In Jeremiah 33:22, God says, “I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless as the stars of the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.” This reiterates His covenant with Abraham and is a prediction of the Church, because the descendants of David and Levites are those of us who come to Christ and those of us who are it’s leaders and that I will be one of many that are innumerable. Enough to fill my needs without looking. And should I cry when I hurt/ Sure, why not? God wants us to be honest with Him. He knows that there will be times my needs go below the needs of others and for that His son tells me, in Luke 7:52, Jesus says, “They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: ‘We played the flute for you and you didn’t dance; we sang a dirge, and you didn’t cry’.” This is a warning to have faith, and not be as the unbelieving leaders saying and refuting his claim that he was the Son of God no matter what and in a later passage gave the penalty for that lack of faith, that is, if they didn’t repent they could not inherit the kingdom. Not a rich resplendent jewel filled kingdom, but heart-felt loving peaceful kingdom that God was going to bring. My needs will be met, but I am not at church to see that they are met. I am at church to homage the One and Only Father, to please Him.

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