The Restoration Plea

When one speaks of restoration many things come to mind. Some that comes to mind maybe: old cars, old furniture, old paintings and old sculptures to name a few. Basically, restoration means to restore something to its original state, function or purpose.  The restoration plea has been pleaded for over two centuries now.  But many people in today’s generation have never heard of it before. The restoration plea cries out for the Church to go back to the ways of the early church founded on the day of Pentecost found in the book of Acts. The plea simply is this: “Let us speak where the Bible speaks and be silent where the Bible is silent. Let us call Bible things by Bible names and do Bible things in Bible ways. Lets restore the Church as it was in the days of the apostles by the Word of God.”   

The restoration plea implies that God had a plan for the Church, expects us to continue in His plan by following His pattern and wants His people to restore the Church back to His original pattern. God has not changed His mind. Men have taken authority, which doesn’t belong to them, into their own hands and have changed the Church into something God never intended it to be. Long ago, God’s prophet urged as we should today, “Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.”(Jeremiah 6:16).

Let’s go out among our neighbors and friends with an open Bible and call them back to the old paths. I hope this opens up minds and hearts to seek after the Truth about the Church found only in the pages of God's Holy Word, the Bible. Thanks for reading and leave a comment. Have a blessed day and a Merry Christmas.-N.T. Christian-

Watch Your Speech

 

“In Estill County, Kentucky, at the little village of Irvine, this incident occurred: A doctor remarked concerning two young men– roommates home from college who had just left his office– ‘The Taylor boy is a brighter boy than the Williams boy.’ A lady in the office heard it and went and told Mrs. Williams before going home. She also told other people that the doctor said the Taylor boy was a brighter boy than the Williams boy. These two families had been friends in years gone by. Their sons were roommates at college but this little remark on the part of the doctor was magnified until the two families had a falling out. The boys returned to college. One became a lawyer, the other a doctor. They settled in the village of Irvine. One August when the election had grown quite hot, these two young men met on the street and engaged in an argument. One drew his pistol and shot the other. That one as he fell, drew his pistol and shot the other, killing him. Both boys were dead. One of them, just before he died, said, ‘How foolish, how foolish, how foolish’ three times. “These two mothers, broken hearted, continued to live in the little village of Irvine. A short time later one of the mothers said she was going over to see the other lady. Her husband said, ‘She’ll spit in your face if you go over there.’ She prepared some rose cuttings, went over to see that lady and said, ‘I’m going to plant some rose cuttings, one on your boy’s grave. I’d like for you to plant one on my son’s grave.’ The two mothers wept. They forgave each other and embraced. Together they went to the cemetery and planted their roses. But how late they had waited. How great was the trouble caused by a wagging tongue and an unforgiving spirit.” 

I thought this story was a prime example of why we should be very careful of our words. I hope you enjoy the article and leave a comment. Have a blessed day and check out the link below. -N.T. Christian-  

http://www.broadstreetchurchofchrist.com/fwis/2011/20110126.pdf

James 3:5-8 ( KJV ) 5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.