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Often
people, instinctively, looking outside and within
themselves, tend to put their own spiritual responsibility
on others, on the church, on individuals, entities
or institutions, or, in the anxiety of an unfulfilling
search, look elsewhere for solutions to their internal
needs.
Our
search has brought us to know Jesus Christ, and
the more we learn of him the more we fall in love
with the essence of His personhood. Through His
example, His word and His spirit we are conscious
of how he works within us and of how he changes
our life modifying our individual way of thinking
and behaving. "Do not conform any longer
to the pattern of this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able
to test and approve what God's will is - his good,
pleasing and perfect will". (Romans
12:2)
The
church of Christ of Florence is a group of people
who wishes to return to the gospel of its origins,
to the message taught by Jesus, trying to restore
with facts the true and sincere christianity as
described in the New Testament and practiced by
the first christians.
We
call on all who wish to be "simply
christians", searching through the study
of the Word of God the model
of church established by Christ,
by Him "purchased with his own blood"
(Acts 20:28)
We
try to live as a family, to comunicate, to encourage
one another and help eachother to know the love
of God which is in Christ Jesus.
We
are conscious of the value of the faith and of its
guide as the only essence which allows us to behave
daily with the strength that comes from love. "The
only thing that counts is faith expressing itself
through love" (Galatians
5:6)
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