COLLECTIVE FAITH
Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.”
Personal Challenge
What have we done to the Christianity that Jesus and His disciples spread throughout the world 2,000 years ago. Here in the USA, we have made it in the image of ourselves, rugged, independent, and standalone. Throughout many of the miracles that Jesus performed in the healing if the infirm, we see the power of the faith of others contributing to the healing process. We need each other. We need a Christian community that is striving for theosis or deification, becoming in the image of Christ. We cannot do it alone. We cannot do if by focusing on the rubrics, or the traditions, or the number of services that we are participating in. All of these things are external and informative about the church and God. We must be focusing on Christ, being like him, doing what he is asking us to do. Only this way will our churches become transformative and changing us into the image of Christ. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner!
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