Yesterday we had a bit of an issue, our car battery died. A nice man stopped to give us a jump and we got to talking. He was a very devoted catholic, and began to tell me his story. As I explained to him that I am a devotee of Jesus he mentioned being protestant.
I had never thought that if I wasn't in one box that I would be put in another. I started thinking about what ever happened to the early church. After Jesus was gone, but before the formation of the catholic church.
Were the early believers slowly introduced into the new traditions, and gradually forgot that Jesus had just led them away from this?!
Early believers of Jesus must have been growing at an amazing pace. For 300 years the love for Jesus and His teachings must have been spreading fast. Why not contain it a bit....perhaps in a brick and mortar...in one location.
Can you imagine if the love and peace of Jesus had continued to spread without being stopped by the formation of the modern church. The world would be truly different place.
Be well. Be encouraged. Be radical.
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