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Originally Posted by Ferd
LOL!
I said the following
Why? because that is how we are geared. somone with no roots will blow away.
It seems like this touched off a mini-firestorm. looks like folk see any mention of the word "root" gets touchy for some folk.
well, I hate to disappoint. I wasnt even talking about the church. I was talking about the nature of mankind. without some kind of roots we all blow away.
thus it does translate. a person unwilling to plant themselves in some church will follow suit. they will eventually dry up and blow away spiritually.
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Well in nature a person is not rooted by their feet to the ground like a plant or flower but by emotional/blood ties to family and friends.
I agree that a person with no relationship ties will not be a very heathy individual.
Biblically we are members of Christ and of one another that is where our roots lay no question and they are spiritual roots. But the question is how does that play out in concrete terms? Part of that is fellowship with each other and fellowship with Christ. We don't seem to have a problem with knowing what fellowship with Christ and being connected to Christ means. But there seems to be a differing of opinion on what fellowship with other members of the body is and how we handle that aspect of our lives.
Really, it seems that scripture talks about people meeting daily and eating with each other in fellowship and worshipping together. We are given examples of the whens, wheres, and hows to some extent but there are areas that seem to be a little more vague.
Physically, I can only be in one place at one time. Spiritually I look at myself as being connected to many. Why can't I physically be connected to many as well and what physical boundaries are there to my connections to others in Christ -- distance, culture? Can I go and worship God with different saints at different times? Does that make me rootless?
Is it a "one size fits all" answer?
It's ALL good!!!
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