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براى مسيحيان، خانه خدا، يكى از اين موضوعهاى مربوط بهم است: يا بدن مسيحيان است (اول قرنتيان١٩:٦-٢٠) و يا گروهى از مردم كه كليساى او را تشكيل ميدهند(اول قرنتيان١٦:٣).به دليل عيوب و خطاهاى اعضاى كليساها، بسيارى از رياكارى شان بيش از حد انتقاد ميكنند. اما كليساى خدا براى او گرامى است، و بايد براى ما نيز چنين باشد. هر كس كه كليساى او را با تفرقه و دسته بندى خراب كند، خود او نهايتن تباه خواهد شد. امانت خدا نسبت به قومش با حفاظتى كه او از كليساى خودش در جفاها و دشمنى هاى تاريخى بعمل آورده، ديده شده است و نيز صبر او نسبت به خطاكارانى كه در كليساى او هستند. اما خدا هنوز هم مركز كليساست و او بايد به تنهايى تكريم شود. كليسا نيز هنوز بوسيله كلام او و نه بوسيله اراده اعضاى تشكيل دهنده اش اداره ميشود.
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.
دعای من
خداى قدوس و بى همتا، من تو را بخاطر محبت ثابت و وفداويت در طول تاريخ كليسا و حفاظتى كه از آن بعمل آورده اى ميستايم. من كليسايت را با تمام وجود دوست خواهم داشت و هر كارى كه بتوانم خواهم كرد تا به رشد و تكاملش كمك كنم تا بيش از پيش شبيه عيسى شود. من ميدانم كه تو و تنها تو بايد بالاتر از همه چيز مورد احترام قرار بگيرى و كليسا نبايد مهمتر از اراده تو كه در كلامت آشكار شده است، باشد. به من دليرى بده تا نسبت به تو راست و صادق باشم، هر چند كه شايد كليسايى كه من در آن شركت ميكنم، كاملن تو را ارج ننهد. بوسيله عيسى دعا ميكنم. 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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