The Three G's
Grace
We're told in
Ephesians (2:8): "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift
of God..." Without grace none of us would experience the miracle of God's love, have the gift of faith and the assurance
of eternal life. Without grace we would not be able to survive as a community of faith. So, we claim that grace,
live in faith and cling to Christ. We are living as forgiven children of God. Given the fact of grace in our lives,
how are we to live as grace-filled children and a grace-filled church? How, too, can we communicate grace and God's
love so that others may experience grace in the community and the world? These are core questions that we seek
to address as a community of faith.
Great Commandment
Jesus was asked which was
the greatest commandment of the law. He replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with
all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it:
Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." (Matthew 22:37-39)
The Great Commandment sums up not just the Ten Commandments, but all of the law and the prophets. In our everyday
lives we are reminded by his commandment that our love for God is fundamentally connected to our love for one another.
Jesus also tells us that our love is a beacon of hope for the world: "By this all men will know you are my disciples,
if you love one another."
