Your balance with God isn't just your balance with God.

Published: Sept. 17, 2023, 10 a.m.

People who form a church have all kinds of ideas about what it should be like. People looking for a church have all kinds of ideas about what it should be like. But the only thing that matters is what Jesus says a church should be like. And thankfully, Jesus never shied away from describing and demonstrating the kind of church he wants. This week we see that the kind of church Jesus forgives freely. Forgiveness is central to Christ’s kingdom. It’s the currency with which it operates. And because it’s the currency God uses with us, it naturally must be the currency we use with others. Forgiveness flows freely from him to us so that it can flow freely from us to others.