Needed a rest

I read this first before I came home for Brit’s wedding. It was near bedtime and I was tired. Reading this made me more tired. You stating that we are rehashing the same old thing especially resounded with me. Sometimes I feel we just have trouble communicating. You say you are 100% sure you have the mind of Christ because Paul has said we do. In accordance with the Word than we agree. But then you also suggest that from Jesus’ perspective it might not be that way. I believe this is all I meant by not having the mind of Christ. Christ, who walked the earth had a mind that never sinned. This is not us. If it were, his ministry would not have been, “repent for the kingdom of heaven in near”. It is yet another Christian paradox. We are holy and complete and yet we are a work in progress; we are at war and yet the war has already been won.

I certainly agree that there are learned preconceptions of right and wrong that are not in line with our Lord. With out the Holy Spirit our ability to discern the heart and motivation of an individual is flawed. I’m still convinced there is a sense of right in wrong written in the fabric of our creation. If the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were merely self consciousness it would have been called the tree of self consciousness.

I’ve been reading a book called, Revolution by George Barna. It’s tag line is, worn out on church, finding vibrant faith beyond the walls of the sanctuary. It certainly tracks the trend of people moving away from the church but Barna finds that there are still many who maintain a vibrant Christ led life. (You’ll probably hate it from the jacket description). I’m wondering what you make of the fellowship of the early church ex. Acts 2:46,47. These men gathered daily. Jesus had his disciples and preached in synagogues where men gathered. I’m asking if you feel you need that community of fellowship as they were compelled to do? If not, why not? Do you already have that in your life? If not what are you doing to find it? I’m not talking church but like minded believers.