Paul reminds us of the motivation for our assignment as believers in 2 Corinthians 5:14 "Christ's love compels us." Paul goes on to explain the love of Christ, the love that compels him, driving him forward in all that he does and says: "He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them" (2 Cor. 5:15 NLT).
The focus of that love is summed up in Luke 19:10. "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." As a follower of Christ all that we do should help to bring souls to Christ. It is easy to get distracted by "good" religious activities which are noble callings and are not wrong. But we must not engage in these "good" endeavors to the exclusion of what is most eternal; the salvation of the lost. No other group on the face of the earth has been given the exclusive assignment to offer redemption to mankind. It is the exclusive assignment given to the church.
At TFH we are committed to this assignment. We, as a church, know that in everything we do, no matter how small or inconsequential it may seem, there is an eternal purpose. What matters most is that we are compelled by the love of Christ, that we find the lost and share this love, the truth of God's forgiveness and grace revealed in the gospel of Jesus Christ, with them.
Today, I went to the beach front with my children. I found a sea
ReplyDeleteshell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said "You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear." She put
the shell to her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear.
She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is totally off topic but
I had to tell someone!
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