Part seven of a miniseries that answers the questions, “What is the Gospel and how are we to respond?” In this talk, Pastor Clint explains that as God’s chosen tribe, we are a living letter sent into a world of darkness to bring life. We are family, and there are few things the enemy hates more, so we learn why we must fight for our family to stay faithful to the mission of God.

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Summary by Darrin Koehler

As a part of Jesus’ body, we are all a testimony to the world around us. In 2 Cor 3:3 it says, “You show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.” As “living letters,” we are ambassadors to this world, showing the kind of love that can only come from God – a selfless and sacrificial love (Greek: agape). We are instructed in Colossians to “put on… compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love.” Put on love? Paul describes the character of agape love in 1 Corinthians 13:

Shortly before Jesus was crucified, he prayed for His disciples – us. He prayed, “that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” It is absolutely essential to our purpose and mission on this earth that we are in unity and love as Christ’s body. We are plan A – there is no plan B.

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