Instead of John 13 this morning, we heard about Pastor's trip to Sweden. So we talked about the Church in a way far different from what we usually do in Thursday morning Bible class.
Doctor diagnosed my arm pain as bursitis and a rotator-cuff problem. Part of the treatment is to not reach or stretch with my left arm. Easier said than done. And how much sitting still with an ice pack can be squeezed into busy days?
Maggie had to skip her beloved swimming class today because of coming down with a cold.
At church last night, the second verse of the epistle struck me. "To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints...." Paul says the folks at Corinth are sanctified. Not "in the process of." Not "will be." But "are." The folks at CORINTH, the place which Pastor says always comforts him because, if the Corinthians are called saints, then surely his church can be called saints too. If this sentence in the very start of 1 Corinthians is for real, then maybe we LCMSers don't exactly use the word "sanctification" in accord with how the Bible uses it.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
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It's the same verb that's used in the Lord's Prayer- Sancitfy (be kept holy, hallowed be) thy name too.
ReplyDeleteIn 1 Cor 6:11- it's passive, and used to describe God having already sanctified us.
And in Ephesians 5:26, it's the word used to describe what happens to us an baptism.
Ooo, and Acts 20:32 and 26:18...