Today's Mental Image:
The 20th Century Church
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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Through Him the 20th century church was made;
without Him nothing in the church was made that has been made.
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In Him was life, and that life was the light of church
The light shone in the darkness in the church,
but the church did not comprehend it.
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Will the 21st Century Church Comprehend ?
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He was in the 20th century church,
but though the church was made through him,
the church did not recognize him.
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Will the 21st Century Church Recognize Him ?
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He came to that which was his own,
but his own church did not receive him.
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Will the 21st Century Church Receive Him ?
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Yet to the churches who receive His coming
to those who believe in His living name,
He gives the right to become the Church of God -
churches born not of natural descent,
nor of human decision or the members' will,
but churches born of God.
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created by Wayne Anson
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Every century, every generation
the church must be reborn of the Spirit
and the water.
Just as the spiritual birth of past family members
does not make the new member a Christian,
the spiritual life of the past church
does not equate
a
spiritually
alive church
today.
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churches
like people must
be contnually
being made
new
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wow, very thought provoking
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