Good Shepherd Community Church

The Word of God by the operation of the Spirit is the regenerating power of the new birth in the Christian. This new birth instills an innate love for fellow believers. Yet in relationship with others there is also the troublesome presence of common interpersonal sins - five of them listed in 1 Pet. 2-1. Martin Luther described Christians in this strange situation as -justified yet at the same time sinners.- It is the pure spiritual milk of the Word that enables us put away these sins and grow in Christian maturity.