Being the Church #23

Like any other group that has ever been established, it is so easy for the Church to get off track. We need to be reminded over and over why we are here, as Paul reminds us in Romans 10:

13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
God has established the Church for the proclamation of the Good News of Christ.  There are many other things He has us do as part of that endeavor, but they should never become the main thing. As people hear of God's plan, they come to understand what they need, what God is offering, and have opportunity to trust Him and His plan. He even offers the faith to believe. It is also through the proclamation of the Good News that our own faith is established, increases and grows.  May we stay on track with this purpose.