In Impossible People, Os Guinness calls us to the kind of love and allegiance to God and the Gospel that will give us the courage we’re going to need in the future:
Such is the character and record of the gospel of Jesus that we may trust it absolutely however dark the times and however bleak the challenge….
The gospel of Jesus may be trusted to be the transforming power that it is. It is, after all, the very power of God for the saving of humanity, and the record of its impact in history is glorious and undeniable. Our allegiance to it is the concern today. We have to rise to the challenge that the gospel raises to all who say that they believe it—we must demonstrate our confidence in the gospel by a courage that is prepared to break with all that contradicts with what God says. In short, by faith we must be prepared to wager our comfort, our livelihood, our honor and our very lives on God and his Word against all other claims and authorities. We must therefore live as we have been called to live: to take up our crosses and to count the cost of living lives that are true to the gospel and to the lordship of Jesus, regardless of the cost and the consequences in our day—and so be worthy of the great cloud of witnesses behind us in history and around us in the world today.
You can hear Greg’s recent interview with Os Guinness on Impossible People here and read about the prequel to the book, Renaissance: The Power of the Gospel However Dark the Times, here.
This article reminds me of the "Lordship Salvation" controversy. In short we cannot save ourselves by performing and maintaining strenuous works. But if God dwells in us, faith and good works, even strenuous works will naturally follow.
Posted by: dave | September 04, 2016 at 06:48 AM
And, if you have a different religion,
Posted by: RonH | September 04, 2016 at 08:14 AM