"The church is not a reform school or a house of correction.
It is the holy family of the redeemed.
True, it has not yet attained unto perfection, but with face set as a
flint Zionward, it is to "press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Phil. 3:14.
Its members are to tread the narrow path that leads to holiness and heaven, and never to be contaminated by the pollutions of this world.
Its ranks are to be recruited from those who have died to this world, and entered into a new life in Christ Jesus; who have been born of the Spirit into the household of faith."
E.E. Andross
It is the holy family of the redeemed.
True, it has not yet attained unto perfection, but with face set as a
Its members are to tread the narrow path that leads to holiness and heaven, and never to be contaminated by the pollutions of this world.
Its ranks are to be recruited from those who have died to this world, and entered into a new life in Christ Jesus; who have been born of the Spirit into the household of faith."
E.E. Andross