I was recently encouraged by a teaching about how Jesus used the Greek word, ἐκκλησία (ekklesia, translated as "church") to describe the gathering/assembly of disciples of Jesus.
Here is the general definition of the Greek word: "a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly". Since our home is Heaven, and we are citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, anywhere we are together on earth, we are an ekklesia.
In Matt 18:20, Jesus said, "For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."
Fundamentally, the family unit is an ekklesia, and Jesus is with us. I am trying to be more intentional about conciously thinking of Brandi and our kids as an ekklesia (church).
As I was walking up our hill after a run this morning, I realized that our next door neighbors are such an amazing blessing, because their family is an ekklesia and our family is an ekklesia, so our two homes adjacent to each other in the cul-de-sac make an ekklesia of ekklesias! We are an outpost of the Kingdom of Heaven, and Jesus is abiding in our cul-de-sac!
Father, thank you for invading the earth with your Kingdom. Jesus, we praise you as King! Thank you for your presence. Holy Spirit, move among us in miraculous power!
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