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“Love your enemies and  j pray for those who persecute you, 45 k so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and  l sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 m For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47And if you greet only your brothers, [9] what more are you doing than others? Do not even  n the Gentiles do the same? 48 o You therefore must be  p perfect,  q as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
― Anonymous, Holy Bible: English Standard Version

“God is under no manner of obligation to show mercy to any natural man, whose heart is not turned to God: and that a man can challenge nothing either in absolute justice, or by free promise, from any thing he does before he has believed on Jesus Christ, or has true repentance begun in him.”
― Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Edwards: On Revival

“Being missional is a way of thinking about the church and how it relates to the world. A missional church understands that the church doesn’t go on mission, or send people out to do missions. Rather, the church is the mission of God into the world, in order to heal the world and reconcile people to God. As a result, the church is not so much entrusted with a message, but is called to incarnate a person. We aren’t primarily about proclaiming Jesus’ work on the cross to the world. Rather we’re about making the words, deeds, and life of Jesus visible in every corner of our city.4”
― Michael Lawrence, Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church: A Guide for Ministry