For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them. -- Matthew 18:20
Our God is omnipresent.
Why would Jesus make this statement?
Here is another: Wherever there are (two) they are not
without God, and wherever there is one alone I say I am with him. Then this , too, is attributed to Jesus: Raise
the stone and there thou shalt find me, cleave the wood and there am I.
In Christ the Eternal
Tao, we read: Two is the number that separates, / Three the number that transcends all
separation.
The Lord was teaching about binding and loosing, forgiving
and correcting, and the power of agreement in prayer. A.T. Robertson, in his Word Pictures, explains about agreement: Shall
agree (συμφωνησωσιν). Our word
"symphony" is this very root. It is no longer looked at as a concord
of voices, a chorus in harmony, though that would be very appropriate in a
church meeting rather than the rasping discord sometimes heard even between two
brethren or sisters.
Something happens when we agree not only in words but in
spirit. A symphony of spirits transcends
the barriers of physical existence. It
is one of the best reasons to attend church, or, at least, gather occasionally
with fellow believers. I sense it sometimes
in the congregational singing, in our time of communion, sometimes when we
engage in corporate prayer, that heaven comes down or we rise up. Worldly worries, concerns and limitations are
left behind.
Ecclesiastes talks about how two are better than one alone (4:9-12). Together we lift up the fallen and keep one
another from becoming cold, forgetting God and losing our passion for Christ
and our perspective in difficult times.
By having brothers and sisters standing with us and encouraging us, we
are able to overcome adversaries and adversities that might be otherwise
overwhelming.
Christ the Eternal Tao talks about Mind, Word, and Breath. The Breath of God within me prays through the Word of God to the Mind of God.
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