BIL, who was a missionary in Russia for many years, preached about Ephesians 4:16 at church yesterday ... about all parts of Christ's body, the church, working together. I've always pictured that as body parts and had kind of an "eww" reaction.
But BIL recalled traveling with a Russian friend to a church conference. In their free time they visited a museum. His friend did a double-take when he saw an old-fashioned home movie projector. "I had forgotten -- how could I forget somethign like that?"
His friend explained that various cells of the underground church in Russia would each obtain one part of the projector. If any group ordered a whole projector, or even more than one part the state would become suspicious. At an appointed time, the groups would gather, assemble the projector and then they could watch a Christian movie for encouragement or teaching.
That really illustrated how all of us are parts of Christ's body. Perhaps I am only a cog or a lever or a wire ... but without every part working perfectly, the whole thing struggles.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment