Live in harmony with one another” (Rom. 12:15–16). This admonition was written to a diverse church. A concern for others is a vital expression of the gospel. Jason Meyer explains: The church is called to put the light of Christ in its prominent place on the nightstand of the nation.… Was racial hatred between Jew and Gentile hard in the first century? Yes. Was it too hard for the gospel? No.… What other religion has a God who cried and bled for his enemies? How, then, can Christians settle for knowing
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