1 Timothy 5- Titus 1- Keep reading! It will prepare you!
There was a verse that stood out to me this week that caused me to reflect back on a conversation with a friend who was disappointed at the reputation of Christians as a whole "the church". She felt that if the church worded things better, or had more tolerance of other people, we, as a whole would have a better standing in society. First of all, when someone starts to say anything in the form of a blanket statement against the church, I bristle. Why would I bristle? Because the Bible tells us that we, the church, are the body of Jesus! (Rom 12:4-5,1 Corinthians 12:12, 27, Eph. 5:30, Col. 1:18, 24, to name a few). So, for one to say they don't like "the church", they are grouping every Christian around the globe, basically stating they don't like Jesus! Right? After all, we are like the body of Christ! And here is something to think about, God loves his church like a husband loves his bride! And like a husband, God will defend the honor of his bri