Those of you who have followed this blog for the years that it has existed know all about Ecclesiocentricity. But, if you are new to it, you may think it's just some disconnected ramblings of an American observer of the political climate.
Therefore, let me re-state the truth of Ecclesiocentricity again, so as to "re-establish our bearings."
Ecclesiocentricity, simply-put, teaches that the church is the most important institution in the universe. It is more important than the state, (viz. governments of all sorts); and it is more important than the family. Ecclesiocentricity does not deny the goodness of the state, or the family. Both of them are ordained of God, and both of them are necessary, and beneficial. They are both gifts of God's common grace, which He gives to *all* people: Christians, or otherwise.
But neither the state nor the home have any inherent redemptive qualities about them. Anything spiritually good in them must be *derived* from their *connection* to the church. In the case of the state, this connection is not organic. (In other words, we do not advocate a "union" of the church and state. Instead, they are two separate entities.) The state benefits as it listens to, and obeys the pastors called by God (to lead the church--and, by extension, the world).
The family derives redemptive benefit by being *organically* joined to the church, in baptism, which signifies covenant union with Jesus, and His family.
Therefore, (among many other reasons), the church is primary. God looks upon her fist; and He only blesses the world, or individuals, through His "brokered" ministry through her (the church).
Monday, August 10, 2009
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