1 Corinthians 3:16-23
16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in[a] you? 17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.18 Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say,“He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness.”[b] 20 And again,“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise; he knows they are worthless.”[c]
21 So don’t boast about following a particular human leader. For everything belongs to you— 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Peter,[d] or the world, or life and death, or the present and the future. Everything belongs to you, 23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
Why does Women of the Way gather to study and fellowship together?
All of you together are the Body of Christ.
All of you together are the Church of God.
All of you together are the Bride of Christ.
We are stronger when we are unified. We are more effective when we work together. We are One when we love each other.
Our theological and doctrinal differences are minor in light of the children going hungry, the women enslaved for their bodies, the missionaries enduring persecution, or the nations without the Scriptures in their native language…all of whom need a Savior.
So let us step out of our neat little boxes that we retreat to on Sundays. Let us break out of the comfort zones of our hymns, bulletins, and worship songs. Let us be the hands and feet of Jesus to the world outside beyond the particular sign over the door.
“We are One in the Spirit, We are One in the Lord, and they’ll know we are Christians by our love”
~Amy
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The Summer Series is off to a great start! This is a reminder of why we are gathering……
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