“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.” 1 Corinthians 12:12 From a human perspective, the Church is a recipe for disaster, don’t you think? Jesus saves us, gives us His Spirit through faith in Him, and then puts us right in the middle of–not a Bible study group of people who all like each other and have similar interests, or a...
The story is from Exodus 13. The people had spend years (400) in slavery and fear, probably feeling far from God. When was the last time they saw Him work on their behalf. And then HE did–and delivered them. Just as they began to relish newfound freedom, they confronted a sea impossible to cross. With their human and untrained eyes, they could see no way past certain death. Why had God led here?They’re not unlike us. Consider this account from...
