As far as God was concerned, we see in the writings that the churches had an importance far above what was in the Roman world around it and that God concentrated his interest on it and chose to reach out through it.

Christians, God is infinitely more concerned about the heart, faith, behavior and unity of true believers in our country than the politics, economics, social trends, racial tensions, sexual downgrade, and international relations of the country.

But that does not mean these things have no meaning or present no concern at all.

We learn about this priority of God for the true church above culture from examining the emphasis of the New Testament during the time when Christianity was not conjoined to the Roman state as it later would be. We see the global and eternal plan of God through His chosen people gathered in local churches.

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