KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Masterpiece
IF MORE PEOPLE today appreciated the fact that the church is of Divine origin, they likely would have a more respectful attitude toward it...
Imagine if someone paid millions of dollars to buy a masterpiece painting by Rembrandt, then took it home and, because they thought they could improve it, began to make changes to it, or if they took a knife and began to cut it in pieces. The masterpiece would be ruined and its value would be destroyed. Who would want a painting done by a master like Rembrandt that had been altered by someone else? Who would think of ruining a priceless piece of art that way?
THOUGHT: For centuries people have been making changes to and destroying the church, the greatest masterpiece the world will ever know. They have changed its organization, its worship, its doctrine, its work, and just about every other aspect of it. People from both within and without have disparaged it, ridiculed it, and attacked it. But God's design is flawless. (Kevin Beard)
KneEmail: "To the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made know by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, according tot he eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Eph. 3:10-11; cf. Matt. 16:13-19; 2 Sam. 7:12-13; Isa. 2:2-3; Dan. 2:44).