Jul 25, 2021
Believers aren’t ‘born-again’ to be orphaned but are born into a spiritual family to care for them. Being a Christian isn’t about your salvation, but about your sanctification. The goal of salvation isn’t to go be with Christ in heaven but to be like Christ on earth. Believers need to grow up under the discipleship of more mature believers for training, encouragement, and accountability (Matt. 28:19, 20; 1 Cor. 5:9-13; Eph. 4:11-16; Heb. 10:25; 13:17). There didn’t need to be a class or official acknowledgment in the first century as there was only one church in a town or region and baptism was the official membership. The church is described as members of a family and of a body—meaning believers aren’t saved for the sake of themselves, but for the sake of serving others! We are saved to ‘do life’ together!