We are a forgetful people in a land of distractions. Our minds are easily captivated by trivial and temporary inducements. New things quickly become old. In our mind’s eye even glory tends to fade and warnings tend to wane. It is no wonder that we who are invisibly united to Christ and visibly in and not of this world live in constant need of renewal. And what is true for the Christian is true for the church. This is a series that seeks to renew the mind of the church. Not so much by reviewing what she is called to do as much as what she is called. As with the Christian so with church, her God-given identity defines her. We who are the church are a people for God and none other.
Before we return to the book of Romans, we will be looking at the what scripture says about the Church, in its nature, how she expresses herself in song, and how the church cares and equips for its members.
The messages from this series can be found here:
Manny Pereira - August 16, 2020
No One Understands
None are deserving of Christ, yet He is worthy of the world. But flesh and blood cannot reveal this, only God the Father who is in heaven. So great is the darkness of human depravity, that men can literally stand before the glory of God in the face of Christ and not understand. It is a maddening blindness when one can stare at the noonday sun in complete darkness. This encounter is a sad commentary on the human condition. Men behold the brilliance of God the Son blindly. It is a dreadful kind of blindness, being blind to itself and yet boasting of sight. Their vision is veiled by a strange paradox of optical obsession. Here the blind live by sight. They fixate on fern seeds and miss elephants. They stargaze at noon. This scene features the all too familiar case: when seeing is not believing. Painful is the lesson: the Son is shining brilliantly, but no one understands.
Scripture References: Matthew 16:1-12
