Body Witness

Jesus called his people to love one another as he has loved us. Taking this seriously would dramatically improve our witness. When I go to work, people see my witness. When Tim Tebow plays sport, people see his witness. This is good, but what people really need to see is the witness of the body of Christ, living out Jesus commandment to love one another. The can only happen if Christians live in close proximity to each other.

In the modern world, the church only functions as a body when we “go to church on Sunday” This is a poor witness, as those who need to see the witness of the body are not there. It is also a cop out for love. Love is not really tested when you only see your Christian brother or sister for an hour on Sunday.

When people ask me where I go to church, I say, “Church is not something that you can go to. Church is something you must be, where you live.” Accordingly, my book on the shape of the church is called “Being Church Where We live.

The world is waiting for a full witness of Jesus love. Our worship does not impress them. They do not care that much about our unity. They would sit up and take notice if they saw they saw Christians demonstrating Jesus’ new commandment in the communities where they live.