Confessant

"Some cried out one thing, some another, for the church was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together," Acts 19:32.

What a churchly mess! Yelling in the chaos, unsure what it was all about, on the cusp of all out riot, a huge mob of pagans rock the city with their chants. But wait a minute: Does it say: church? Yep. Except that most of our English translations say assembly, not church. Yet it's the same exact Bible language word. Which returns us to the point: When Jesus says, I will build my church, he's not talking a new world religion. Rather, he collects human beings from every nation, tribe, language group, culture, race, whose commonality rests in this exclusive confession, Jesus Christ is Lord. And you are become a fellow confessant in that fellowship. Even as we speak, God, through the Spirit of his unique Son, is putting this congregation together. Some assembly required.

With a brother or sister today, we hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering. And, together, we give thanks that God has transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved son. Sky kingdom.