Theology of the Church, Mentor's Guide, MG03

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T H E O L O G Y O F T H E C H U R C H

God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” The Church is God’s chosen people, his priests who worship him, and in the midst of all the nations, the Church is now God’s nation which lives in the world according to the values of the Kingdom of God. Our task is to live in such a way that whoever wants to knowwhat a world ruled by God will look like, can know simply by looking at the Church. What a remarkable privilege and what a high calling. After reciting and/or singing the Nicene Creed (located in the Appendix), pray the following prayer: God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, thank You so much for including all of us who have believed in Jesus as children of Abraham and heirs of the promises You made to him. Father, help us to represent You rightly in a sinful world. Help us to be distinct from the nations around us so that we shine like a city on a hill. Help us to do good works that cause people to understand Your heart and give glory to You, our Father in heaven. And most of all help us to proclaim boldly the good news about Jesus so that everyone has the opportunity to be included among Your chosen people. This we pray through Jesus Christ our Lord, who reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Nicene Creed and Prayer

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Too Much Time Spent on the Future

After a seminar the pastor was giving on the end times, one of the parishioners commented later in the parking lot, “I don’t really understand the need for us to spend so much time on big picture things. That’s why the Church is so boring to most folks–we don’t know how to focus on the things that are happening today. Everything is pie in the sky, some future paradise, some cosmic purpose about what

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