Rob Bell says the church is a big, beautiful, ugly thing. Well, I am beautiful so you, the reader, must be the one making it ugly....
Just kidding.
But Rob has a good point. We look at the chruch as insiders and are aware of her shortcomings, wounds, abuse, and all other stuff that underlines her humanity.
Only God sort of idealises His church. If I understand my Bible correct, He seems to love His church, brags about her, sees her as clean, holy and absolutely gorgeous.
How does He do that? Since He knows everything, he is supposed to know the real truth about her.
Well, that's the whole issue. He does know her secret and that secret is Jesus. God looks at the church through a veil. That veil is the reality of the blood of Jesus. God sees what, in Christ, the church is becoming and it looks amazingly beautifull.
You know what, He does the same to me. He's not telling me what a bad boy I am and that I'd better give up trying because I will never work my way up to His standards.
God thinks I am beautiful...
If He only knew....
Well, He knows and He has choosen to see me through the blood of Jesus. That blood is so powerfull that it cleanses me completely.
I just needed to get this of my chest.
Have a great life. Believe the blood! He did it!
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