Its Friday my friend
So happy the weekend is here! Hopefully the weather will be nice and I will get to go outside and enjoy the sun.
I am praying for perseverance, praying that we, the church will go back to being the body of Christ. Seeking the Holy Spirit to pour down in us and convict us to Love one another.
The conference was opened with prayer and worship service. This was the first speaker and this is what he had to say.
Acts 4:34 There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold 35 and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.
 1. KEN WYTSMA - founder of The Justice Conference, pastor of Antioch Church, and president of Kilns College.
- You are 4,000 people who believe it's better to give than receive.
- It's a bit crazy to be spending a weekend being told to die to self.
- We don't worship the word justice, but it's a helpful, important word
- Truth is what IS; justice is what OUGHT TO BE; both are uncompromising.
- Justice is a theological necessity - why do we have such a hard time with it?
- The way we've come to understand the biblical word "righteousness" - purity, morality, personal piety.
- Those who thought they were okay because they've majored on purity, morality and personal piety, but have neglected the REAL MAJORS are NOT righteous, according to the Bible.
- When you push against the powers-that-be, they push back - "blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' [justice's] sake."
- "The just will live by faith."
- Where am I missing the story because of my presuppositions?
- Many of us grew up hearing the David story in the Bible as a morality story; it's a JUSTICE story.
- Bonhoeffer: "Being a Christian is less about avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will."
- Justice is deep, broad, necessary - we need a humble posture.
- Justice both surfaces the need for, and is made complete by, grace. Have a great weekend. Don't you go do life alone, make time for your family & friends. Love them and honor them |
