Friday, February 6, 2015

GOD'S PRESENCE IN THE CHURCH

Jesus is present in His church.  When people take His presence there seriously, God moves.  John Woolman was a Quaker who felt a strong call by God to work for the abolition of slavery a century before the Civil War.  However, he also believed this call needed to be affirmed by his community of faith, many of whom owned slaves.  For two years they struggled and wrestled together.  In the end they all agreed that God was present in this call, and they said they would support him in his work.  As a result of his commitment to God's presence in the church, the Quakers became the first Christian denomination in the New World to take a stand against slavery.

-- John Ortberg in God Is Closer Than You Think


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