As we have been discussing over the past two weeks as a church body,we have a responsibility to consider how we can as a church help those who are hurting in the South from the recent storm outbreak.
In this regard, I thought these words from a book I am currently reading were appropriate:
The salvation of God is "for" us. The Father has chosen us. Jesus' blood has purchased us. We are adopted orphans.
Salvation is "to" us. The Holy Spirit stirs our heart, so that we come to faith in Jesus Christ personally. We are forgiven sinners.
Salvation is also "through" us. The world will be blessed by the good deeds we do in the context of the community of faith. We are commissioned communities (Trevin Wax, Holy Subversion, 55).
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