We Do Not Talk About What Christ Means to Us

[Stan]

We do not talk about what Christ means to us.

We no longer have a sharing time in Churches or Prayer meeting that we can gain so much encouragement by listening to someone's testimony.

Listening to the results of those who abide in Christ.. what a blessing...

[Neil D]

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We do not talk about what Christ means to us.

It's because we don't know how, Stan...

We haven't had it modeled to us and as a result, we just don't know how to do that....And many times, those who do attempt to talk about what Christ means to them, sounds so hollow, so empty, so un-human, so mechanized. It's just isn't appealing....and we know it.

So we let those who minister to us, by preaching, the few who talk up on the platform, who talk between songs, model the talk about Christ....at least, they talk about Christ WHEN we allow them to [just on the plateform], and we want what they say to sound real, and we want it to sound good and appealing.

Doesn't that reassure you that we have professionals who know how to talk THE talk?

[cricket]

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and we want what they say to sound real, and we want it to sound good and appealing.

/me thinks, "glad someone else said it, and not me. Now, what was it I was reading just the other day about the Great Controversy and Reality..."

[Beryl]

Is it that we are conscious that we are not sure that our words and actions ALWAYS match, and we don't want to be thought of as a hypocrite? We are conscious of real tendency to be watched and criticised -- even if they don't say it?

[Naomi]

Beryl,

You are probably right-on! I still stick with my thoughts that the best sermons ever preached are not spoken; they are lived.

{that puts the pressure square on us}

Naomi