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To: GBA
How do we now undo the damage that we and our ancestors have done to His Body?

Jesus said He was returning to a church without spot or wrinkle. I believe Him. Jesus said, His sheep know His voice. I believe Him. Jesus said, The gates of hell will not prevail against His church. I believe Him.

If your denomination or your denomination's culture is premenient in your life; if your denomination has replaced the Holy Spirit and Word of God in your life - then you are missing it and you are not seeing your brothers and sisters in Christ.

There's a line from the movie Avator where Jake says to Neytiri, "I see you", which actually meant I see your spirit, soul and body. Christians need to begin seeing one another as living stones and members of Christ's body.

The Lord's prayers says, ..."thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." When we get to heaven, there will not be separate Orthodox, Roman and Protestant camps. We will be one in Christ. We are NOW one in Christ. Let us be so.

36 posted on 03/13/2017 11:51:59 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: JesusIsLord
"When we get to heaven, there will not be separate Orthodox, Roman and Protestant camps. We will be one in Christ. We are NOW one in Christ. Let us be so."

We are supposed to be one in Christ now, but we are not now, nor do we appear to want to be all that much.

If we did, we would make the effort and cheer those who do and have, instead of separating ourselves into very distinct groups of irreconcilably opposing beliefs.

Loving our neighbors, loving our brothers and sisters, even loving our selves, let alone following His Commandments, are still too much for all but a few of us.

More and more, I realize the many ways and reasons why I must count and include my own self and soul among those who have not yet lived up to His Law nor His Love.

Even now, after all these years and more than a few tears, my competitive, critical spirit is a still just a work in progress: lots of work and little progress.

37 posted on 03/13/2017 1:11:03 PM PDT by GBA (Here in the marix, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.)
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