Union with Christ gives us much-needed breadth to understanding the church’s mission. 13 It says that grace and justice, the cross of Christ and the kingdom of God, can no more be separated than Christ himself can be torn in two. If we insist on only one or pit one against the other, then we are dividing the heart of Christ, who so plainly cared about both (compare Luke 4:18 and Mark 10:45). 14 Union with Christ is about being united to the heart of Christ. Accordingly, we must be both the declaration community and the demonstration community. If Christ cares about both, shouldn’t his church?
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