Read for This Week’s Study: 2 Cor. 2:14–16, Exod. 32:1–14,
1 Pet. 2:12, Phil. 2:15, Eph. 2:19, Heb. 10:23–25.
Memory Text: “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without
wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one
another in order to stir up love and good works” (Hebrews 10:23,
24, NKJV).
I
n seeking to fulfill the Christian mission, we should not under
estimate the potential of the church as an organized community of
believers. We have already noted the challenges that we can face
when seeking to deal with injustice and poverty. But by working with
fellow believers in a community of faith, we can be a blessing to those
around us.
The temptation is that when we get together as a church we become
distracted with keeping the church itself going, forgetting that the
church exists to serve the world in which God has placed it. As a church
body, we must not ignore the suffering and evil that exists all around us.
If Christ didn’t ignore it, we must not either. We must be faithful to our
mandate to preach the gospel, and along with that preaching comes the
work of helping the oppressed, the hungry, the naked, and the helpless.
Together as a church community and organization, we are the body
of Christ (see 1 Cor. 12:12–20). As such, we as a community should
walk as Jesus walked, reach out as Jesus did, and serve as the hands,
feet, voice, and heart of Jesus in the world today.
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