Paul tells the church something that sounds like an invitation to look through old photographs: remember what you used to be like. Not in order to wallow in it, but in order to look at other people more kindly. That call opens a sermon about the third chapter of Titus (Titus 3). The apostle writes that we too were foolish and going astray, and that we were saved not by our own record but by God’s mercy, and that is exactly why the church is to go out to people with kindness rather than shut itself inside four walls. Listen if you want to see what a church is for in the town where it stands.
Church Beyond Four Walls
Church 24/7
We don’t just go to church on Sundays; we are the Church all week long. In his Letter to Titus, the Apostle Paul reminds us of our mission and what the Church looks like as it grows toward maturity. So what does it mean to be the Church 24/7-24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
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