Comments on: Glory in the Church http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/02/glory-in-the-church/ Restoring Unity through Biblical Discipleship and Baptist Identity Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:16:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Johnson http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/02/glory-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-8870 Chris Johnson Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:42:57 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1243#comment-8870 Brother Wes, This post is excellent and explains the progression that our Lord spoke of to his disciples…. John 17:23 “I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me” “They may be perfected in unity” is a picture of what the church is bearing out in the commission of Christ. “We” (the church) preserve an already existing perfection that is provided by the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 4:3-7 “being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (4) There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; (5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism, (6) one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. (7) But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift” The church testifies to the unity already brought that has overcome the world! Good post! Blessings, Chris Brother Wes,

This post is excellent and explains the progression that our Lord spoke of to his disciples….

John 17:23 “I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me”

“They may be perfected in unity” is a picture of what the church is bearing out in the commission of Christ. “We” (the church) preserve an already existing perfection that is provided by the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 4:3-7 “being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (4) There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; (5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism, (6) one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. (7) But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift”

The church testifies to the unity already brought that has overcome the world!

Good post!
Blessings,
Chris

]]> By: Tim Rogers http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/02/glory-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-8869 Tim Rogers Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:09:43 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1243#comment-8869 Brother Wes, So am I to understand that Debra is the one I should be sending my thanks to when I call and ask you to edit my articles? Great word. Blessings, Tim Brother Wes,

So am I to understand that Debra is the one I should be sending my thanks to when I call and ask you to edit my articles?

Great word.

Blessings,
Tim

]]> By: Tim G http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/02/glory-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-8868 Tim G Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:01:02 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1243#comment-8868 Debra did a great job with this Wes! You might do well to learn from her as I am trying to learn from Heidi! Debra did a great job with this Wes! You might do well to learn from her as I am trying to learn from Heidi!

]]> By: Wes Kenney http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/02/glory-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-8867 Wes Kenney Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:45:34 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1243#comment-8867 Yes, Bart, my secret is out. Thanks... Yes, Bart, my secret is out. Thanks…

]]> By: Bart Barber http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/02/glory-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-8866 Bart Barber Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:52:36 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1243#comment-8866 Wes, This is really, truly, extremely GOOD. Did Debra write it? Wes,

This is really, truly, extremely GOOD. Did Debra write it?

]]> By: Wes Kenney http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/02/glory-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-8864 Wes Kenney Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:49:05 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1243#comment-8864 Steve, Thanks. Paul, It is not an insignificant fact that the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. was completed many years before the WWII Memorial. We are increasingly a self-focused and self-referential culture, and this focus, unchecked, does violence to a biblical ecclesiology. Thanks for your input. Steve,

Thanks.

Paul,

It is not an insignificant fact that the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. was completed many years before the WWII Memorial. We are increasingly a self-focused and self-referential culture, and this focus, unchecked, does violence to a biblical ecclesiology. Thanks for your input.

]]> By: Paul Kullman http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/02/glory-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-8861 Paul Kullman Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:07:18 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1243#comment-8861 Amen! Thanks Wes for this article. This reminds me of a Bible Study I taught early this year with a special emphasis on what the Great Commission says, and does not say. I kept returning to the authority, and charge, given to the Church by Jesus Himself. In this self-indulgent world, the Church has been infested with those who exam a prospective church with a, "What's in it for me?" mentality. This I believe, is the curse of the "me generation" found so prevalent over the past few decades. I do not see this attitude in the Book of Acts, except for the misdeeds of of a few such as Ananias and Sapphira. How did we arrive here? There are many answers, but the bottom line is true- get back to the basics. We need to Preach the Word! (2 Tim. 4:2) and let the Holy Spirit move in the hearts of believers who do "...hunger and thirst for righteousness" (Matt.5:6). There is no other option until Jesus comes back. Amen!
Thanks Wes for this article.
This reminds me of a Bible Study I taught early this year with a special emphasis on what the Great Commission says, and does not say. I kept returning to the authority, and charge, given to the Church by Jesus Himself. In this self-indulgent world, the Church has been infested with those who exam a prospective church with a, “What’s in it for me?” mentality. This I believe, is the curse of the “me generation” found so prevalent over the past few decades. I do not see this attitude in the Book of Acts, except for the misdeeds of of a few such as Ananias and Sapphira. How did we arrive here? There are many answers, but the bottom line is true- get back to the basics. We need to Preach the Word! (2 Tim. 4:2) and let the Holy Spirit move in the hearts of believers who do “…hunger and thirst for righteousness” (Matt.5:6). There is no other option until Jesus comes back.

]]> By: Steve http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/02/glory-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-8860 Steve Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:06:04 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1243#comment-8860 Excellent Brother Wes... Excellent! grosey Excellent Brother Wes… Excellent!
grosey

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