The Wild, Wild MidWest - All things Great Lakes Area and Canada

[Peter Debelak]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The christian vision is of Jesus Christ and arguably even is Jesus Christ. Regarding the church, Jesus said that when we gather in His name, He will be there with us. He did not specify some extra vision besides His name.

"So simple even a cave man could do it."

Amen. A simple vision for complex beings. The profound difficulty in our daily salvation is simplifying beyond our interpretations and egos.

Spend any amount of time with semi-open people, and you see how broken and hurt most of humanity is. Let people talk long enough, and they know they need a Savior. We are broken beings.

He restores us, through a life lived with Him. This isn't different, necessarily from the "God's economy" of Witness Lee. But the daily petition is somewhat different. The dailyl activity is some what different. The attitude toward others is somewhat different.

The "vision" might actually be the same, but the life lived out from that vision can be very, very different. Which begs the question: should the emphasis be on a nuanced and complicated vision, or on learning how to be simple, humble, faithful people - with a heart to listen and care for others? Letting HIM do the profound spiritual work that our spiritual words pale in comparison to.

Thoughts?

Peter