Friday, March 31, 2006

One step Closer

So it is a Friday night and I will try and recap what I have learned this week. In one of my classes we were talking about taking verses out of context, so we looked at the verse about "where two or three are gathered together in my name...". This is a very common verse to most of us, we have probably heard it all in the context of a prayer meeting and so forth. But if you think about it God also says he will never leave us or forsake us. He is always with us. But the verses surrounding are about discipline and how to deal with a sinning brother. These verses are speaking out about confrontation. I know I'm always scared to death when it comes to any type of confrontation. I shake with fear and try and avoid it but really this should give us courage. God is there with us when we have confront people, and we are not alone. I found this really encouraging.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yeah... that verse gets abused quite a bit. My grandparents are not in church right now and live pretty much like unbelievers. My mom once tried to talk to them about church (well, she talked to them about much more than that). My grandfather's simple answer? You got it: "Well... you know what the Bible says... where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am also."