From the Moderator
Greetings:
My theme this year is on unity as most already know. (Psalm 133: 1) Annual Conference is now history and with it begins more discussion and discernment. World issues come and go but each day finds the sun still rising in the east and the cycle of life remaining constant. My question to the church is how do we draw together as a body of believers in spite of events that are placed in front of us each and every day? John 15: 1-2, refers to the vine that connects us to God through Jesus Christ. We are to be pruned of old stuff and grow to produce more of the fruit of God. That fruit may be looked upon as love for each other. As I have stated before, love is the glue that holds God’s creation together. Love is the basic building block for unity in Jesus Christ.
Unity is the product of love in action; not just with words and study but even more so in our actions with others. Our faith without works is empty faith. 1 Corinthians 1: 10; “10 I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.1” While this calls for unity, we can and will still remain individuals. We are not called to be robotic copies of each other. Yet we are first called to be followers of our Lord Jesus Christ. I would pray that the world sees us as followers of Jesus Christ in all things. The world has a history of pulling you and I away from our true calling to first follow Jesus.
Will issues ever stop tugging at our hearts and our minds? I would venture to guess that that will not happen until Jesus returns and a new heaven and a new earth are presented to us. My concern is that the Devil will not cease his earthly draw upon our hearts and minds until the Lord returns. It is how we perceive his evil ways and how we counter those ways that determines whose we are. The Truth of God’s Word is unchanging and dependable. The roadmap to unity is found within those pages. Love is a constant theme throughout and love draws us closer to Jesus Christ and to each other.
While we can stand together, side by side, and disagree on any given issue, we can walk arm in arm in Christian love and let God be God in all things great and small. Unity flows out of the ability to love God with all that we are and to love each other as ourselves. May the peace that surpasses all understanding guide us always.
In Christ always,
Pastor Ellis
Moderator
My theme this year is on unity as most already know. (Psalm 133: 1) Annual Conference is now history and with it begins more discussion and discernment. World issues come and go but each day finds the sun still rising in the east and the cycle of life remaining constant. My question to the church is how do we draw together as a body of believers in spite of events that are placed in front of us each and every day? John 15: 1-2, refers to the vine that connects us to God through Jesus Christ. We are to be pruned of old stuff and grow to produce more of the fruit of God. That fruit may be looked upon as love for each other. As I have stated before, love is the glue that holds God’s creation together. Love is the basic building block for unity in Jesus Christ.
Unity is the product of love in action; not just with words and study but even more so in our actions with others. Our faith without works is empty faith. 1 Corinthians 1: 10; “10 I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.1” While this calls for unity, we can and will still remain individuals. We are not called to be robotic copies of each other. Yet we are first called to be followers of our Lord Jesus Christ. I would pray that the world sees us as followers of Jesus Christ in all things. The world has a history of pulling you and I away from our true calling to first follow Jesus.
Will issues ever stop tugging at our hearts and our minds? I would venture to guess that that will not happen until Jesus returns and a new heaven and a new earth are presented to us. My concern is that the Devil will not cease his earthly draw upon our hearts and minds until the Lord returns. It is how we perceive his evil ways and how we counter those ways that determines whose we are. The Truth of God’s Word is unchanging and dependable. The roadmap to unity is found within those pages. Love is a constant theme throughout and love draws us closer to Jesus Christ and to each other.
While we can stand together, side by side, and disagree on any given issue, we can walk arm in arm in Christian love and let God be God in all things great and small. Unity flows out of the ability to love God with all that we are and to love each other as ourselves. May the peace that surpasses all understanding guide us always.
In Christ always,
Pastor Ellis
Moderator
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