пастор Назаров Дмитрий Андреевич - 31 ИЮЛЯ 2016. ПРОЦЕСС ПОЗНАНИЯ. - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

Today I want to continue to reflect on the words of Scripture: Jesus said to him: I have been with you so long, and you do not know Me, Philip? In. 14:9. Recently, two weeks ago, we reflected on these words and talked about the fact that it is easier for us to know the God who is with us than the one whom Scripture speaks of as dwelling within us. But today I want to draw our attention to something else, to how we, being gathered together by the Lord into the church, recognize (or come to know) each other. Getting to know another person is one of the most interesting and exciting activities, however, until we discover something in his character that disgusts us, we happily get to know each other, but only until we encounter something that we consider wrong. Let's remember our childhood, remember our youth, how open we were to new relationships, how easily we got along with people. But then, over the years, we found again and again that as we got closer to a person, we discovered something that began to destroy our relationship. And the “safety protocol” may be as follows: either avoid new relationships altogether, or “keep your distance”, do not get close, so as not to get hurt. And the first option leads us to isolation, and the second to superficial relationships that have no depth, and we can call such relationships acquaintance, but not friendship, and of course we will not consider them something valuable for ourselves, because in difficult times these “friends” will definitely not come to support us, they are only interested in us as long as everything is fine with us and the Lord describes such a relationship this way: How can you believe when you receive glory from each other, but the glory that is from the One God, not looking? In. 5:44. And from these words of the Savior we can understand that relationships, real ones, intended by God, will always require not only our time and desire, but also our faith! Here it would be appropriate to recall another important words about faith, already spoken by Ap. Paul: Everything that is not of faith is sin. Rome. 14:23. What I'm saying is that, according to Scripture, true, sincere and deep relationships are built where there is faith. What should we believe when it comes to relationships? First, you need to believe what God says about man: all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God Rom. 3:23. Those. By getting closer to someone, we are not getting closer to an ideal, not to an angel in the flesh, no, we are getting closer to a person who is still in the flesh and also (like ourselves) has the ability to sin. As one wise man said: In order not to be disappointed, it is better not to be enchanted. It is testified about our Lord that He did this during His earthly life: Jesus Himself did not entrust Himself to them, because He knew everyone and did not need anyone to testify about man, for He Himself knew what was in man. In. 2:24-25. We make a mistake when, getting closer to people, we “entrust” ourselves to them; in fact, we want to “entrust” ourselves to someone, but this can and should be done only in relation to God! And when we build a relationship with a person, it is so important for us to understand that he or she can not only please us and bring something good into our lives, but can also upset us and even hurt us! And not because they want it, but only because “being tired and not eating” they may be in a bad mood! Those. The first thing we need to learn to believe about people is the truth about the “corruption” of every person by sin. And this can be very difficult for us! The second thing God wants us to believe in as we build relationships is the power of prayer. Confess your faults to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed: the fervent prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. Jacob 5:16. Agree - this is a very practical instruction and if you take us, we don’t practice it too much or often! But God tells us here that since both of us involved in the relationship are sinners, then we will commit some actions that destroy our relationship, but if we do not “hush up” them, but talk about it, ask each other friend forgiveness, forgive and pray for each other, then everything that can destroy our relationship will be overcome by us! And the church has not yet been very successful in this. We are still afraid to get close, we are still trying to look good in front of each other, i.e. “spiritual”, and when something manifests itself in us that is definitely not spiritual, we try not to advertise it, i.e. "hush up". And then we have questions: Why in the church do we have so few real sincere and deep relationships with brothers and sisters in Christ? For me, the answer is obvious: Because real deep relationships are built where people admit each other's wrongdoings and pray for each other. And in order to do this, you need to believe in the power of prayer, believe what is written in the Message of St. Jacob and practically follow it! It was no coincidence that I began with these words of the Lord: “I have been with you for so long and you do not know Me.” Most of us have been here in the church for quite a long time and, as the Apostle says, “judging by the times,” we should already have had a friend.