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“The honour of Jesus is in the hands of the Church”
That is quite a responsibility! This phrase, ‘the honour of Jesus is in the hands of the church’, that was coined by someone of much greater theological capacity than I, captures one of the truths that Paul is trying to make real to the reader of his letter to the Ephesians. The church which is often much maligned has a responsibility to humanity and to the heavenly creatures (powers and principalities) to represent; to bear witness to; to proclaim Christ in such a way that Jesus is honoured rather than dishonoured or just shunted to the sidelines of life. (more…)
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A community defined by love
Erwin Raphel McManus makes an entry in his book ‘Soul Cravings’ that is worthy of reflection. He says “Love can never be simply between you and God. It can never be limited to that relationship. Jesus makes that clear. Love is more than the relationship between a man and woman, now matter how extraordinary it may be. Love is ever expanding. Love always grows, not just deeper, but wider. Love always loves people more and loves more people. Love calls us to community; love calls us to humanity; love calls us to each other. When we belong to God we belong to each other. There are no outsiders.”
“Our belonging to each other is not incidental, but absolutely essential.”
The question for us is not so much the importance of love – but, how do we establish a community defined by its love for one another and God?
