Written by I love this quote from Eugene Peterson:
“The churches of the Revelation show us that churches are not Victorian parlors where everything is always picked up and ready for guests. They are messy family rooms. Entering a person’s house unexpectedly, we are sometimes met with a barrage of apologies. St. John does not apologize. Things are out of order, to be sure, but that is what happens to churches that are lived in. They are not show rooms. They are living rooms, and if the persons living in them are sinners, there are going to be clothes scattered about, handprints on the woodwork, and mud on the carpet. For as long as Jesus insists on calling sinners and not the righteous to repentance – and there is no indication as yet that he has changed his policy in that regard – churches are going to be an embarrassment to the fastidious and an affront to the upright.”
h/t Mike Cope
We are all more like sinners than saints. Were it not for the blood of Christ and the grace of God none of us would get to heaven!
Wow…really profound. Thanks.
Amen bro!
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Wonderful thoughts.
I really enjoyed this post.
Keep up the great job.
You and your ministry is always in my prayers.
I hope and pray that you have a blessed week.
Wonderful words Jeff.
Keep up the great blogging.
I hope you have a blessed week!