He works on us in all sorts of ways. But above all, he works on
us through each other. Men are mirrors, or “carriers†of Christ to
other men. Ususally it is those who know Him that bring Him to others.
That is why the church, the whole body of Christians showing Him to one
another, is so important. It is so easy to think that the church has a
lot of different objects - education, buildings, missions, holding
services…the Church exists for no other purpose but to draw men to
Christ. to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all
the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are
simply a waste of time. God became man for no other purpose. It is even
doubtful, you know, whether the whole universe was created for any
other purpose.
- C.S. Lewis
(HT: Todd Hiestand)
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