(The painting is by Jacopo Bassano ca. 1550AD, entitled “The Purification of the Temple.”)

This article, that is hyperlinked under this paragraph, is about the unification of Christian disciples and all believers becoming one in Jesus Christ.

It was brought to my attention by my best friend. He published it on his Blog post here.

Nonetheless, I had a very good discussion at work today, with a fellow believer, who has been visiting this blog.
Our discussion reminded me of this published article.

Look at this paragraph.

• Barna also identifies a growing movement of what he calls “Christian Revolutionaries” -– believers who demonstrate much higher commitment to group worship, personal spiritual growth, Bible study and biblical beliefs, community ministry, evangelism and financial investment in Christian work.
• Even more than self-professed “born-again” or “evangelical” believers, “Revolutionaries” have a clear sense of meaning and purpose; consider their relationship with God the top priority in their life; strive to love Him with all their hearts; believe they will spend eternity with Him only because they have confessed their sins and accepted Christ as personal Savior; and have made a personal commitment to Christ as Lord.

My best friend, and fellow blogger who showed me this article, had been somewhat cynical, that the Church was not following its mission.

But the above story shows that many within the “body of Christ” are recognizing the purpose for the “body of Christ” [the body of Christ, is defined by the Holy Spirit, speaking through the apostle Paul at 1Cor. 12:27 "Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."]

Even if I were to say, that the “big dogs” of Christendom are promoting these fractures (and I know that many are), this would not justify me, willingly ‘giving-up’ the the body of Christ to the power of Satan, who may be working through the “big dogs.”

In-fact, this makes it imperative that I, not give-up the bride of Christ, and abandon her to the evil-doers.

I must remain in the body, to work for God and serve His Son, for the sake of Jesus’ holy bride, i.e. the Church.

I love Jesus Christ, therefore I will not abandon His wife, to the will of Satan.

Think about this.

• If my buddy calls me “friend”, and yet, when he sees my wife being attacked by evil men and women, he says to himself… “I am getting out of here. I am not going to help her.”, is he, really, my friend?
• If he is truly my friend, he will ‘throw-down’ with the ‘bad guys’, and go to the grave, before leaving my wife to the thugs.

This is the same scenario with the Church.

We need to get into the fight and save the bride of Christ.

We may not be able to do it alone, but we are not alone.

We have God’s Holy Spirit empowering us. Right?

This is what I believe in my heart. And, through this blog, I am trying to encourage people to just allow God’s Spirit to work through them, to save souls.

• Folks can’t be saved, if they are never brought into the body of Christ.
• Folks can’t be saved, if the bride of Christ is given over to the men and women who are serving the world’s goals and not the Father’s goals.

Anyway, that is why we must all be together in worship to Him.

Remember Christ’s final prayer (John 17), He prayed for all believers to be unified as one, just as the Father and He are one.

You and I must be a part of the Holy Father’s answer to the prayer of His Son Jesus Christ, because we are integrated into it by Jesus very sacrifice on the cross.

If we say ‘No’ to the Church, then we have said ‘No’ to the power of the Father, to even answer His Son’s prayer.

Why would Jesus waste time with the prayer in John 17, if the Father was powerless to answer Him, in the affirmative?

I am, just as the article above describes me, a “Christian Revolutionary“.

But, praise God, so is my Lord Jesus Christ.

And if you are wondering about the painting by Jacopo Bassano at the top of this post, Jesus is a Revolutionary, and that is why He drove the money changers from God’s temple.

God bless,
DSM

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