Our readings in this series are from the book, Such a Great Salvation. Here is a brief excerpt from pages 42, 43:
“The day of salvation has dawned, and the darkness of unbelief cannot prevent its continuing advance. As believers seek the rule of King Jesus and His beauty, goodness, and truth, the reality of the Kingdom comes to expression in all their words and deeds and affects the people and conditions around them for the glory of God.
“Everything in the world—everything in your world—is groaning and travailing under the burden of sin and unbelief. Everything can be improved. Everything needs more of the King’s beauty, goodness, and truth so that it can realize the ‘very good’ possibilities God has invested in it. Your world already shows much evidence of Christ’s rule, but still it groans. It groans in the neglected spaces of creation’s natural environment. It groans to refract God’s goodness in everyday conversations, ways of working, neighborly relations, local culture and institutions, and creative acts of beauty and goodness of all kinds. Creation will continue to groan until those who know and follow Jesus bring to it the liberating and restoring power of the great salvation of our Lord.
“In His life, death, and resurrection, Jesus reconciled the world to God. And He has brought us, by grace through faith, into His great salvation so that the world to come might come sooner rather than later.”
God so loved the world that He gave Jesus to save it and bring us into great salvation. Encourage a fellow believer today to expect more from God and undertake more for Him. You can order a copy of Such a Great Salvation, either in book form or as a free PDF, by going to The Ailbe Bookstore. And if you have not yet signed up to receive Read Moore on your desktop every Monday through Friday, then go to the home page of our website, www.ailbe.org, and scroll to the bottom to subscribe or to update your existing subscriptions.
T. M. Moore
