Advent: Understand the Terms
Part of the core value of being on a rescue mission is understanding that people need to be saved…and that they are worth everything it costs to save them. That’s why Paul said so much clarity in 1 Corinthians 9 that he becomes all things to all people so that he might save some. It’s why in Luke 5 several friends tore through a roof to lower their paralytic friend down in front of Jesus. And it’s why the God of the Universe stepped into human history and took on flesh at that first Christmas. If we are truly going to rescue the lost then we have to be prepared to do whatever it takes, short of sin, to reach people with the gospel.