A church Worthy of God

March 20, 2011

The Church is Christ’s glory and pride.

God is extremely proud of His church not because she is perfect. He is pleased with the church because Christ founded the community of faith with His precious blood. The church is dear to God because we are now covered with the precious blood of our beloved Saviour.

As the Head of the church, Christ is the Director and the President. The church has been given a message to speak. The message is Christ. In lifting up Jesus, we fulfil God’s plan for His church. Christ is our hope for salvation, our antidote to sin, our example in living and our aim in character transformation.

Thus in Colossians 1:28,
“He (Christ) is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.”

The Church makes good Christ’s sacrifice for us when we aim to grow in spiritual maturity. When each member takes responsibility for our own growth and cares for the development of each other, the church will realize God’s plan for us.

Christ loved the church and gave himself up for us (Eph 5:25). What extravagant love! May we not forget this vital truth and may Galatians 2:20 now be our life motto as individuals and as a corporate body.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Only then can we confidently say we have done our best, with His help, to make Him proud.