The assignment was clear: God was going to give the people of Israel the land of Canaan to conquer as their inheritance. There was only one major requirement. God told the people to not take on their false forms of worship. Or, put another way, they were to not allow the people's false worship or values to be subtely imposed upon them.Our mission, should we choose to accept it, is to invade the world for the glory of God - public schools, goverment, education, businesss, medicine - every area of society. However, God's requirement is that we influence others for the kingdom of God WITHOUT allowing sin or worldly values to dominate our thinking. In other words, to be pure in the midst of a corrupt world. To reveal God's love, His grace, His power without becoming stained by the sin of our society. This means to love lost people without approving or compromising our own lifestyle to reach them. It means to take time to invest in a relationship with someone that doesn't know God without getting pulled into sin ourselves.
With Christ, we can accomplish this mission, advancing His cause by helping enlist others into His army by loving them the way Jesus does.
