More on Church

Marty Duren over at SBC Outpost is doing a series of posts this week entitled Stats of the World. Here’s his post from Monday. It’s a very quick read.

Here’s why I’m mentioning it…have you ever wondered what Jesus’ purpose was in feeding the 5,000 (Matthew 14). I think it was partly to show his deity by performing a miracle. But I honestly don’t think that was the main reason. Verse 14 says that Jesus had compassion for the group that was following him. He saw their need and met it. They were hungry. He could have sent them away. In fact, his disciples wanted him to. But he fed them. He was part of a community, the community had a need (a physical need), and he met the need.

If we’re followers of Jesus shouldn’t we do the same. As you read through the stats in Marty’s post can’t you see the needs. Are we, as the bride of Christ, as his followers, are we living as he lived? Are we meeting the needs of the community? I’m not saying all of us need to hop in a plane to Angola or Liberia. But I am saying that we need to open our eyes to the needs of the community we are a part of and meet those needs.

This is what the church is called to.

Cheers.