notice that deity becomes incar nate in Jesus of Nazareth, the eter nal God the Son; too, the memor ial feast that celebrates His death, resurrection, and return. Even Is lam, which appears to be so vehe mently opposed to symbols which might foster idolatry, has, nonethe less, its Kaaba Stone at Mecca. Even a cursory perusal of the pastoral epistles of the New Testament re veals an emphasis on orderliness, government, and organization. Those who keep advocating the church in the home, as in the home of John Mark in the early church, have seriously failed to see the de
velopment of the body of Christ from the days of Christ's earthly ministry to the time of the pastoral epistles. Cod is ever more inter ested in cosmos than chaos, in or der than in disarray. The established church is not like Santa Claus, an indispensable evil that must be tolerated and lived with. Thank Cod that the spiritual community of the re deemed, the body of Christ, is meant to live and propagate the faith in localities in organizations. It has been so in the first century, is now, and ever will be until the rapture.
Fred West is a student at Talbot Seminary.
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