Receiving The Believers For The Church Life
RECEIVING THE BELIEVERS
FOR THE CHURCH LIFE
The gospel of Romans is wonderful. In the first eleven chapters Paul completely covers jus tification, sanctification, glorification, and selec tion. If we read these four main sections, we shall see that God has accomplished nearly all that He intended to do. In Romans 1 through 11 we can see God's creation, man's fall, Christ's re demption, God's justification, and God's recon ciliation. Furthermore, Paul unveils to us God's identification, the life process of sanctification, and glorification. Also Paul leads us into the source of all of God's activities—His heart of love. Paul also leads us into the secret chamber of God's selection where we can see His economy. What a panoramic view! Although all of these items are wonderful, none of them is the ulti mate consummation of God's work.
The ultimate consummation of God's work is the church life. Satan is subtle and has caused many of the dear, seeking Christians to even hate the word church. Many Christians uplift sancti fication and life, but seem to cast the church