On this side of the Risen and Ascended Christ, on this side of Pentecost with the Holy Spirit dwelling with & among the temple of God, animating the body of Christ. How Salvation into Community Feels Page 4 of 6
- “Where does my help come from?” an overworked father asks.
- “Where does my help come from?” a wheelchair bound person asks.
- “Where does my help come from?” a tired mother of 1/2/3/4/ *cough* 7 asks.
- “Where does my help come from?” a little child trying to figure life out asks.
- “Where does my help come from?” asks the hurting, the broken, the hungry, abandoned, the homeless, the lame and sick and deported and on and on…
You may be asking, “Where does my help come from?” What is God’s answer? The Man from Nazareth answers in John 13:34-35, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” Did you hear that!? Did you hear what Jesus just said? You all, the church, are God’s primary answer to a broken and weary world! Just like the apostle Paul keeps hammering home in his letters. God delights to work in and through his temple/body to accomplish His goals.
Paul puts this beautiful truth this way in Colossians 3:16-17, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
