Holiness and community transformation
Dr. Roberto MirandaSUMMARY:
In Isaiah Chapter 58, the Lord emphasizes the importance of balancing spiritual and social action. The text highlights that it’s not enough to fast, worship or pray, but one must also care about the needs of the society and complement spiritual activity with ethical actions. The Lord calls for a comprehensive vision that encompasses both spiritual and ethical aspects of the Gospel. The church needs to be a moral voice for justice in the society and advocate for the voices of those who are powerless. The text also emphasizes that social efforts without the power of the Holy Spirit are fruitless, and without morality and holiness, social action is destine to fail. Therefore, there is a need for a balanced vision that includes both spiritual and social action. Churches and religious groups have historically been to bind to one extreme or the other, but the Lord requires a complete and integral approach.
The church is called to have a balanced ministry that includes social action, mercy, and passion, while also staying close to the source of power, which is God. This involves helping those who are refugees, homeless, uneducated, addicted, or in need of a relationship with Jesus Christ. The Social Transformation centre and the work of this congregation are examples of this balanced ministry. The church commits to being obedient to God's call to be agents of transformation in the city and consecrates its resources to this cause.Let’s go to the Word of the Lord Isaiah Chapter 58. Why does the Congregation Leon of Judah invest so much time, so much money, so much energy in the work of transforming the society? And I want to establish some biblical and sociological reasons or platforms for the community work, the social work the Congregation labor.
For many Christians work in the community may seem secondary, perhaps, even unnecessary. Perhaps in the Hispanic community you have not had much evidence of the involvement of the Evangelical church in the transformation of the society or in social work. And we want our Congregation to understand why we do, why we feel such an urgency to do this community work here.