well, i am back for a brief respite from a class this morning and decided that i would type this little post to update everyone on everything that has been going on.
i talked to a professor this morning and it was so peaceful and comforting to listen to a friend who has been in the same situation that i have been in, but he finds peace in his beliefs and he had a good point: we have freedom in Christ. Not this freedom to do what we want, but because we are in Christ our whole purpose is to be like Christ and as Christ walked on the earth, his mission was to bring Glory to the father (especially in the double meaning that John uses). But we as humans following Christ are to bring glory to the father and we have the freedom in Christ to bring glory to the father in the best manner that we see fit. i truly believe God is God. through the Bible and through history God has used men (women included) who He called to accomplish His will and His purpose. if one of the churches was not bringing honor to the father, then i believe that God would have not allowed a particular church to continue to exist. sadly, the OT is about God destroying people who were not honoring Him because He is a just God.
i find peace in this fact because the Bible does not lay out how we are to worship just to glorify the father. i find peace at the church that i am currently worshiping at because it is a community and emphasizes the covenant that we have with God through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and most importantly--Christ, whose resurrection we celebrated showing that Christ truly was God and just as he was raised to live again with God, so shall those that believe Christ to be their Savior. that gives me peace and allows me to sleep at night even though knowing that my parents are worried that i am believing things that are "dangerous" and i find that laughable. stressful, yes. but not disheartening. i simply pray and study.
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