work to do

The Good News of Jesus demands that Agape Love be lived. That brings about Peace, Justice and Equitable treatment of all God's children. In the world in which we live, the powers and principalities operate on a different system of values. Driven by greed and a lust for power, they seek self-indulgence at the expense of others. That runs contrary to Jesus' Good News. It is Anti-Christ. But how do we make a difference is a world that has this far gone down that path? 1. Know the Good News of Jesus. Read, learn, internalize and apply what Jesus taught, commanded and modeled, as we have it in the Gospel witnesses. 2. Expose the works of darkness. When something is inconsistent, even or especially with what the church is doing, point it out, and remind folk of Jesus' more excellent way. 3. Be persistent in holding folk accountable for practicing what they preach. Hold anyone who claims the name of Jesus to the standard of His teachings, even (or especially) the church that bears His name. 4. Demonstrate Jesus' Good News Kingdom Values. LIVE Jesus' more excellent way of Agape Love (active commitment on behalf of the other) in the world around you, absent of judgment or intolerance, willing to forgive. 5. Speak, write and march out of Agape Love for Peace, Justice and Equitable treatment for all. The First Century believers lived Jesus' Way, and it changed the world by changing the thinking of those who witnessed His Agape Love in action. Let THAT be our mission today, here and now. Pastor Jamie