Marginal Christianity

Romans 1:1-7 (3) 1   Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2  which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures, 3  the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4  and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5  through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for the sake of his name, 6  including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, 7  To all God’s beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.   Paul writes the Romans that the church seeks the obedience of faith “among all the Gentiles” among whom are the Romans themselves “who are called to belong to Jesus Christ” (v.6). Paul here affirms the great truth of Christi

2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 15-17 6  So we are always confident, because we know that while we are living in the body, we are away from our home with the Lord. 7  We live by faith and not by sight. 8  We are confident, and we would prefer to leave the body and to be at home with the Lord. 9  So our goal is to be acceptable to him, whether we are at home or away from home. 10  We all must appear before Christ in court so that each person can be paid back for the things that were done while in the body, whether they were good or bad. . .   15  He died for the sake of all so that those who are alive should live not for themselves but for the one who died for them and was raised.   16  So then, from this point on we won’t recognize people by human standards. Even though we used to know Christ by human standards, that isn’t how we know him now. 17  So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived!