Expel the Impure

Num 4:39-5:4          10/20/2017

How God sees us in the light of Christ

The problem with expelling from the community those people who have defiled themselves is that eventually no one is left. We have all sinned.

Purified in Jesus Christ. Washed in the blood of the Lamb. The power of Christ’s saving and sanctifying work is the hope of reconciliation with God.

There is a truth here that runs deeper than what we might normally call truth. The paradox of just (righteous) mercy has attenuated the process of truth. The formation of truth is actually altered in Christ.

So now we are seen in the purity of what might be. And we, through Him, remain in community with the Father and the saints.

The provision of bread and wine, body and blood, soul and divinity. Take and eat.

Remain in Me…