House Church Talk - Re: playing skillfully, doing diligently

[DanG]

My opinion?  Excellence can only be defined by God and His work.  I do not purchase things that
I can obtain that have indication that they are items made in china.  The items I have seen to
date from china are poor quality and that is not excellent and being not excellent - they are a
waste of the resources God has given to me to to manage for me and my family.  If it is poor
quality and made in usa - I don't purchase the item either.  Why am I off on economics?
Because we are all american here and we understand things that lack excellence - and money and
stuff speaks a lot by way of example.  I do not have a poor quality salvation in the Lord Jesus
Christ.  I have the only salvation there is to have in the Lord Jesus Christ.  That does not by
definition make it an excellent salvation, but I know the slavation in the Lord Jesus Christ to
be excellent.

The pursuit of anything for a christian should be with excellence since that is all that is
defined by God in any of His doings.  Does God do anything poorly? without excellence?  Who are
we but His people?  His Bride?  Isn't excellence then something that should be in our sights as
well?  Excellence in all ways of life - physics and spirit.

Okay, now I will wait to see what others have to say and what lines you will draw to house
church - thanks, David.
Dan ChicagoArea

> It is not our view that men's efforts or excellence earns them anything
> with God. Still, I would like to explore what, if any, place that the
> pursuit of excellence should have in the life of a Christian.
>
> I'll draw some lines from there to the house church community, Lord
> willing.
>
>       David Anderson