Today Gil preached at our church and he used Romans 8:18-28 as his text. In the first paragraph of the passage it talks about creation groaning, not because it is not good but because of the fall. In the next paragraph it talks about we the church groaning. The world is not as it should be nor am I what I should be but the church needs to go where the world is hurting. That is what Gil is doing on the streets of his city. He reminded us that we are to be the presence of God in the hurting situations. It maybe on the streets, it may be in our homes, it may be in our church. In the last paragraph we read that the Spirit is groaning inside of us. When we go where it hurts God is already there.
The Gospel is messy. As I have looked at the book of Joshua I can see why some people do not like the book, it gets messy. Joshua is an important book in the redemption of God's people and the message of hope to a hurting world.
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