Summary: 4. THE EXEMPTION OF THE BODY OF CHRIST • Freedom from enculturation Romans 12 • Freedom in the midst of clash • Focus on the mission Matthew 28 /all authority • The culture does not define the mission • The culture must not limit the mission The parable of the house built on the Rock 46 “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I say? 47 Whoever comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show whom he is like: 48He is like a man who built a house, and dug deep, and laid the foundation on rock. When the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, but could not shake it, for it was founded on rock. 49 But he who hears and does not obey is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently. Immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.” Luke 6
