Sunday, May 15, 2011

Community - sharing the "witness".

"Whether or not your tribe recognizes every baptized Christian as an evangelist, there is no tradition that does not call every Chrtistian to be a witness. We are called to be as much a witness to the resurrection as the first disciples were witnesses to the resurrection. The central statement of the church's earliest affirmation were these words of Acts 2:32, 'God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact'." Leonard Sweet, Nudge

What have I witnessed today as evidence of Jesus being alive? Is this not the real basis of Christian community? More than dusty Bible study, rehearsing personal needs, or reviewing propositions and doctrines, community is a time to share where we have "witnessed" the resurrected Jesus. He is alive in each of us and in the world and tracking His presence should be the topic of every spirit led gathering.

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