In the sermon this past Sunday, we continued to look at our inward Mission as a Church: to invest and engage in making disciples of the next generation. Whether you have children in your home or not, every believer is mandated to engage the next generation and lead them towards spiritual maturity. There is a significant difference between conforming our children into our image verses participating in the work of the Holy Spirit to conform our children into the image of Jesus. In Titus 2, Paul reminds us that only the grace of God can cause us to be more like Jesus. God’s grace conforms our inward identity by satisfying our deepest need and filling our hearts with a gratitude that convinces us to let go of the things of this world and pursue Jesus-likeness.
