تأملات فى آيــة اليوم...
ان هيكل الله بالنسبة للمسيحيين هو واحد من شيئين متصلين: اما جسد المسيحى (كورنثوس الأولى 19:6-20) او مجموعة الناس الذين يشكلون كنيسته (كورنثوس الأولى 16:3). ان العيوب التي فى الناس التي في كنائسنا، تثير الانتقاد الشديد بسبب نفاقهم. لكن كنيسة الله ثمينه عنده، ويجب ان تكون كذلك عندنا. اى شخص يدمر كنيسته عن طريق التقسيم، سوف يدمر تماما. فإخلاص الله لشعبه يظهر واضحا فى حفاظه على الكنيسة خلال كل عمليات التدمير والاضطهاد عبر التاريخ وصبره على الناس المعيبة داخل كنيسته. ولكن، الله ما زال مركز الكنيسة وهو وحده الممجد. و الكنيسة مازالت محكومة بكلمته وليس ارادتهم.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
For Christians, God's temple is one of two related things: either the Christian's physical body (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) or the group of people who make up his Church gathered together (1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Peter 2:4-5). Because of the flaws in the people who make up our churches, many are overly critical of our bouts with hypocrisy and weakness. The problem with most churches is that they are made up of people like the one we see in the mirror each day. Despite our flaws and failures as God's people, his Church is precious to him. We should also value the Church, the temple of God, as precious. Anyone who destroys the Lord's Church, the Lord's temple, through division will be utterly destroyed (1 Corinthians 3:16-17). God has demonstrated his faithfulness to his people by preserving the Church through the ravages and persecutions of history, and by sustaining it through the failures of some of its most significant leaders. He has done this by his patience with the flawed people in his Church. God is still the center of the Church, the place where he chooses to dwell. So, dear friend in Jesus, we must value the Church, our congregations, the people that we share faith with, as we obey the word and will of God, and as we praise God and exalt him for his love, grace, and faithfulness.
صلاتي
الله القدوس، امجدك لمحبتك الثابته وإخلاصك الظاهر فى حفاظك على الكنيسة خلال كل سنوات التاريخ. سوف ارعى كنيستك واقوم بكل ما استطيع فعله لأساعد على نموها ونضجها لتصبح شبيهة اكثر بالمسيح. أدرك انك وحدك الممجد فوق كل الاشياء الاخرى وان الكنيسة لا يجب ان تكون اهم من ارادتك الظاهرة فى كلمتك. اعطنى الشجاعة ان اكون صادقا معك حتى لو كانت كنيستى لا تمجدك بشكل كامل. في اسم يسوع اصلى. آمين.
My Prayer...
Holy and incomparable God, I praise you for your steadfast love and faithfulness revealed in your preservation of your Church through all the years and centuries of history. I will cherish your Church and do all I can to help it grow and mature into the bodily presence of Jesus. Through Jesus, I pray. Amen.
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