søndag 7. oktober 2012

Welcome!

These people are WELCOME at Rock International Church:
Muslims, Buddhists, homosexuals, divorcees, gossips, liars, egotists, fools, atheists, agnostics, Hindus, Catholics,  reformed conservative evangelicals, intellectuals, scientists, rationalists, communists, capitalists, street-sweepers, Norwegians, Nigerians, Koreans, Americans, New Age believers, Princess Märtha Louise, musicians, accountants, lawyers, sexual perverts, drug addicts, porn addicts, romance novel addicts, murderers, and [your job], [your beliefs], [your dark secrets] - you're welcome.

In other words: Whoever you are, whatever your past, whatever your beliefs: come as you are.

The great joy of the gospel message is this: God burns like the Sun in his holiness and awesome power, we are dark smudges, rebellious specks of dirt - yet in his great love and compassion he reaches out to us and says, come to me as you are, the price has been paid. Too often churches portray themselves as clubs for good people, holy people. That's not the gospel. That's not a Christian church. The gospel is that unholy people, that bad people, can meet the Holy God, the Good God, through his Son, our Lord Jesus, the Christ. God is big enough to deal with us! The price is paid, the way is open. Welcome.

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