All Day Long

All Day Long

A friend of mine who came to faith as a young adult told me that every Sunday all the churches are mystically joined in unity. That was around 1977 and he was and elder in the small "charismatic" congregation I was part of. He is now a member of an Orthodox congregation. At the time he told me that I was impressed that he was right. But today I have a slightly different viewpoint. 

Around 1989 attending a "pentecostal" congregation I learned a song sung in the Sunday worship services.

Ain't it grand to be a Christian, ain't it grand.

Ain't it grand to be a Christian, ain't it grand.

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 

Friday,  Saturday and all day Sunday

Ain't it grand to be a Christian, ain't it grand.

It was song with great joy.  But I was disturbed by it. All day Sunday? Not all day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday?

So my question now is this:  are all the different church congregations and denominations mystically joined only on Sunday? Is Sunday the only day that I'm a Christian all day long? 

“For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known. But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.” (1Co 13:12-13, ASV)  

"contrite"

"contrite"

1. https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=contrite&t=KJV&ss=1#s=s_primary_0_1

2. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h1792/kjv/wlc/0-1/ 

3. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h1793/kjv/wlc/0-1/

4. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h1794/kjv/wlc/0-1

5. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h1790/kjv/wlc/0-1/

6. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h5223/kjv/wlc/0-1/

Attached pics are screen shots from the corresponding 

blueletterbible URLs above.

Pic 1. shows the verses in which the word contrite is used in the KJV via a search on the blueletterbible.org website. 

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Pics 2, 3, 4& 5 show the different Hebrew words translated as contrite. Pic 6 shows the root word for H1792, H1793 and
H1794. Pic 7 from e-Sword

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In Psalm 34:18 we see contrite as H1794. In Isaiah 57:15 we see contrite as both H1793 and H1792. In Isaiah 66:2 contrite is H5223.  I note words seen in the pics: crushed, broken, shattered, smitten and dejected.  Is there a case for "depression" as not being the evil condition we think it is? Sadness, mourning and grief were no stranger to Jesus. He was broken and crushed. 

Pic. 7 is taken from the e-Sword Bible. Notice the word "bruise" is H1792 !   If it pleased the LORD to bruise Jesus could it be that it may please the LORD to bruise me? 

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A final link:
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-10.htm

From David Guzik's Commentary on Blue Letter Bible and e-Sword, also phone app called Enduring Word

 Romans 8:17

4. (17) The benefits and responsibilities of being God’s children. In 645

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

a. And if children, then heirs: Because we are in Christ, we have the privilege of relating to the Father as Jesus does. Therefore, we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ.

i. Being a child of God also means having an inheritance. In Luk 18:18 the rich young ruler asked Jesus, “what must I do to inherit?” But the rich young ruler missed the point because inheritance is not a matter of doing, it is a matter of being - of being in the right family.

b. If indeed we suffer with Him: Because we are in Christ, we are also called to share in His suffering. God’s children are not immune from trials and suffering.

c. If indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together: In fact, our sharing in present suffering is a condition of our future glorification. As far as God is concerned, it is all part of the same package of sonship, no matter how much our flesh may want to have the inheritance and the glory without the suffering.

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