A short reflection by Brent Snyder on Christ as our life.
Transcript
Ekklesia is not simply Christians doing religious things together. We can gather, sing, preach, pray, serve, organize ministries, and defend sound doctrine, and still function mainly from ourselves. The activity may be Christian, yet its source can remain natural strength, habit, ambition, or obligation. But the ekklesia comes from another source. Christ is not merely the subject of the gathering, He is its life. When one member speaks from Christ, another supplies Christ through prayer, another bears someone’s burden, and another quietly gives what the Spirit has worked into them. The body begins to appear. Religious activity asks, "What should we do for God?" The ekklesia begins with a deeper question: What is Christ doing in His body? The difference is not activity versus inactivity, it is source. One can produce religious work. Only Christ can produce the expression of Christ.
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