Does the world see:
nA
reflection of itself?
nA
reflection of us?
nA distorted
image?
nA
reflection of Christ?
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“all too
often the church holds up a mirror reflecting
back the society around it, rather than a window revealing a different
way”
Philip
Yancey, What’s So Amazing
about Grace? p. 262.
“Our
worship, especially, must be such a window –
but not a plain one. Truly, if our worship immerses us in the splendor
of God and forms us to be Church as a community practicing God’s way
of life, we will be a glorious stained-glass window, proclaiming the
beauty of Christ’s salvation.”
p. 103. Marva J. Dawn ‘A
Royal”Waste” of Time
What does the world see, when it looks through our
window?
(2 Cor 3:15-18 NIV) Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil
covers their hearts. {16} But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is
taken away. {17} Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord
is, there is freedom. {18} And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the
Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with
ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
(2 Cor 4:1-7 NIV) Therefore, since through God's mercy we have
this ministry, we do not lose heart. {2} Rather, we have renounced secret and
shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On
the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every
man's conscience in the sight of God. {3} And even if our gospel is veiled, it
is veiled to those who are perishing. {4} The god of this age has blinded the
minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of
the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. {5} For we do not preach
ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus'
sake. {6} For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"
made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of
the glory of God in the face of Christ. {7} But we have this treasure in
jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not
from us.
Christ in you, the hope of glory...(Col 1.27)
What does this mean for me?
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