What is the biblical purpose of the gospel? Is God responsible for gospel’s failure to preserve the moral integrity of our country and its culture? Sin’s corrupting progress in our society was once so slow and subtle that many failed to notice it. Only by intentional blindness can the believing Christian now overlook the lack of moral fiber in our world. It appears in our governmental institutions, in business, in public education, in the alarming breakdown of marriage and the family, and in the sad decline we witness in most conservative religious institutions, regardless of their particular theological persuasion. Paul said the gospel is God’s power to save the believer. Do we believe it? He said the gospel reveals the righteousness of God, that the man of God must walk by the rule of faith. Are we willing to put our life on the line in belief of this truth? Consider Paul’s words to this same group of believers.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. {Ro 12:1}
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. {Ro 12:1}
