We live in a day where the gospel is if not utterly despised; it is altered, dilute, polluted in such a way that anyone can claim and salvation, without a litmus test or a standard to compare it to. But the scriptures teach us that if we have been buried with him in his death, we would live by him and for him through his life. May God's word, in the power of His Spirit; rescue the lost, bring back the prodigal, and revive the downtrodden.