Ohhh John,
Rereading a section at home after this morning really touched me!
On page 108, at the bottom, paragraph, speaking about the Fellowship of God being a testimony to his Son, and the fact that believers are divided and not serving God together in unity is a testimony to the world against Jesus, not for him. That is just so sad to me. Millions are content in their divisions, their denominations, thinking they are all right. Not only does it divide God‘s people from one another, but it also invokes an insidious measure of pride in each person’s heart that they are the ones who are worshiping properly, as opposed to their neighbors across the street.
You continue to write in the final page that this is perhaps “the greatest tragedy in history, even surpassing the tragedy of the original fall in the garden of Eden.” We are all less than we could be in Christ because of these divisions.” Oh, it just tears at my heart. I’m so grateful that after I was finished church-hopping, trying to find one group that made sense to me, that God whispered to me and called me away from all of those sects. I thank the Lord that He chose to reveal a desire for the truth in my heart, and I sniffed it out like a dog when I found brother Gary’s radio broadcast and felt something brand new and refreshing and healthy; something that made sense. That was God; not my intellect!!
Not my wisdom!!
Like others said this morning, this truth about the Father and the Son is what God’s people are looking for – and what they really want.
We were all sinners, but God enabled us to want it too. So I still pray for those who are lost in the world, as well as our brothers and sisters, who are lost in Christianity.
Brad