At the Point Where Disfellowship Began…
There’s an interesting phrase in Spanish, “El Punto De Partido,” which literally means “starting point,” or “match point” if you put an “a” at the end as in “partid(a).” It can also mean point of separation, division, or split. In the past few weeks I heard “Punto de Partido” used in the sense of Christian community or fellowship. In that context it has come to mean “point of disfellowship.”
For Ecuadorian Christians, it’s critical to examining broken relationships and try to understand where, or what, caused the break in the chain of fellowship. I think this is admirable. In a time when “unfriending” someone is just a click away, it has become entirely too easy to cast aside personal responsibility and perhaps some culpability in broken relationships. Going back to discover the root of disunity is both honorable and biblical.
When promises made but not kept, when expectations groomed but not met, when understandings are assumed and not checked, then prime conditions for disfellowship exist.
“So if you think you’re serving or being sacrificial and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you, or you against them, Then go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your service or sacrifice to God. (Matthew 5:24) paraphrased.
Do you have an unresolved “punto de partido” in your life? What are you going to do about it?
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