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“Our greatest fear as individuals and as a church should not be failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter” (Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God 93). The church is described as “living stones” to represent that it is a deeply interconnected community. The people involved must neither give into culture nor withdraw from culture, but maintain their beliefs while engaging and serving the world. In order to balance this lifestyle, believers must be secure in Christ and united as a church body with Him as our cornerstone. The church must stay with the verbal declaration of the gospel of the lord because it is a chosen priesthood, the church deals with eternal, not temporal, issues, and God commands us to carry out a specific plan. The Bible states “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy …show more content…

Whether if it is serving as a pastor, missionary or in any other Christian field, a common thing that they are all called to do is minister to the needs of others, both inside and outside of the church. If their focus is on the world and the temporal issues of it, then the opportunity to serve others and bring them to God’s glory is missed. Believers ministering to the lives of those around them, with their minds focused on the eternal issues like bringing others to salvation, may be the only sense of church someone may have in their lives. Believers are called to live outside of the world but also to live in it as lights to the darkness, lights that bring glory to God and people to believe in His call for their lives so that they can live a life according to His plan for them as well. It is the duty of the church to, in the midst of their specific callings, minister to the needs of others in their communities in hopes it will bring the people around them to God’s kingdom and promise for everlasting life and seek salvation through

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