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Originally Posted by Igzy
I'm not sure what good it does to point out that "the church is a mess" or that "Christianity is short on many things" other than to make oneself feel like the exception. If the church is a mess it's been a mess for a long time, and that includes the LR and all of us. I'm sure the Lord knows it's a "mess," if indeed it is.
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The underlying pretext for large scale condemnations of Christianity and the premise for the Recovery itself is that we must be "restored or recovered to the glorious church of the New Testament." Well I've read the Bible and I didn't find this so-called "glorious church." Every N.T. story and description of the early church has a little heaven, a little earth, and even a little hell. Go back and read your Bible. Isn't that what you see too?
So what do we focus on? Problems? The church is a mess? So what's new? Recently I watched a Podcast series, "
The Church is Broken," and from the speaker's point of view, he was convinced he was right. He had his evidence. Millions of other Christians throughout church history probably have said the same thing. Every servant of God could perhaps repeat the same conclusion.
What we see with our own eyes can be a real "
faith-killer." But have we not been called to walk by faith, not by sight? Faith can see Jesus in the heavenly part, the earthly part, and even the hellish part of the church. Faith can find Jesus in every situation. Admittedly many times this takes some serious searching, but be assured, Jesus has promised us that we will indeed find Him.