House Church Talk - Article on Purpose Driven

[Dan Gordon]

jim sutton wrote:
> Other committed believers are also in God's family, serving in the field,
> looking to Jesus each day, doing whatever the Lord gives them to do.  They may
> be in India, in China, in Africa, or even in the IC group down the street.
> They may do and think things we would never be comfortable with.  And God may
> well be the one who set them to their task, and He may have given them the
> very perspective they hold.
> 
> A big part of being a vital part of God's family (the body of Christ) is being
> able to see and recognize the family.  If we can be easily confused by
> externals like how folks sing, how they see the local fellowship, how they
> baptize, what day they meet for worship, how they feel about HC, IC, etc.,
> then we can also be led astray by the flesh in other ways.
> 
> Our Lord Jesus is never fooled.  Our eyes need to be filled with Him.  Our
> ears need to be tuned in to His voice.  Our hearts need to be open and
> responsive to His Word in Scripture.  If our spirituality is truly spiritual,
> then we will know what to be concerned with, and what not to worry about.
> 
> At least that's how I see it.
> 
> Jim

Thank you Jim & Dan for your comments.  Saying Jim & Dan is like
speaking about the family I grew up in - my name is Dan, I am the
older, my brother is Jim.  Oh, well, interesting to me anyway...

Jim - you are making statements here that seem acceptable, no doubt. 
But are they only acceptable in our pc kulture, in a kultural way
only?  Are these things that you speak proper in the way God would
have things?  I certainly am raised in a kulture that sez be no man's
judge, but is this the way of God?  Reading recently in ICor about
being judge within, but not without is my recent reference point for
this question, as well, similar to what you state here, do I just
swallow your assertions? or can these assertions be provided with
basis in Truth?  I am saying, I cannot disagree with you, really, but
should I dis-agree based on Truth?  Should I accept your assertions
based on Truth?

Again, I hear your answer - continue to seek Jesus our Lord, pray and
read and hear.  Amen to those guidelines that I hear from you often...
 Just sudden commentary on thoughts I had as I read your post, thanks.
DanG ChicagoArea