Our true identity is flat and plain, not puffed up with the wrong kind of ingredient. The Messiah, our Passover Lamb, has already been sacrificed for the Passover meal, and we are the Unraised Bread part of the Feast. So let's live out our part in the Feast, not as raised bread swollen with the yeast of evil, but as flat bread---simple, genuine, unpretentious.
I know "flat" and "plain" may not sound incredibly appealing. But I think of it this way... food that is largely untouched by people... not messed with, processed, stripped, enriched... whatever... "whole food"... is some of the best food because it just is what it is. I think when our attitude as a church is simple, genuine and unpretentious... flat and plain in a way!... people notice... as with food, simple and honest are refreshing characteristics. It's sad, but I think that kind of real-ness is rare amongst "church people." Just got me thinking that's all.
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