I have been thinking a lot about the message of the Church lately especially the movement called the Emerging Church. The message seems to be lacking. I hope I am wrong. (I don't say that often!) I have been watching many of the movements leaders and I have to say that they are preaching a message of grace, and that is good. What is not good is they are so consumed with grace that they are distorting the message of Jesus and the Bible.
The full message needs to be one of Justification. Grace is only a piece of the puzzle. God's grace towards us allows for our justification and thus our salvation.
I wonder if the message of justification is just too big to package in to the movement or if those people who are proclaiming a grace only message have been so hurt by the past's turn or burn messages that they cannot see the rest of the picture because of their own pain.
I think that the Emerging Church has a lot to offer when it comes to how we do church (especially those of us in the low liturgical evangelical world), and how we treat those outside the Church. However, Jesus tells us time and time again to repent and sin no more. His grace is sufficient for me, but Paul reminds us in Romans 6:1 that we are not to continue sinning in order that grace may increase. James writes that in Chapter 2 that a faith that does not result in actions is a dead faith.
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