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-
I agree... I do wish we would do as it is written and not we think.. because man is sometimes (alot) wrong in his way of thinking.
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