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Everything is OK - Nothing to worry about.
The water is safe.
Pastor R Sherman McCathern preached in Flint, Michigan, water rushed out of a couple of fire hydrants.
Puddles formed on the dry grass and splashed the skin of the delighted kids who ran through it.
But the spray looked strange.
“The water was coming out dark as coffee for hours,” McCathern remembered.
The shock of it caught in his throat.
“Something is wrong here.”
Introduction:
Flint Michigan - April 2014: To save money, Flint begins drawing water from the Flint River for its 100,000 residents.
The move is considered temporary while the city waits to connect to a new regional water system.
Residents immediately complain about the water’s smell, taste and appearance, and they raise health concerns, reporting rashes, hair loss and other problems.
January 2015: Detroit offers to reconnect Flint to its water system, but Flint leaders insist the water is safe.
Sept. 24, 2015: A group of doctors urges Flint to stop using the Flint River after finding high levels of lead in children’s blood.
State regulators insist the water is safe.
Sept. 29, 2015: Then-Gov.
Rick Snyder pledges to take action in response to the lead levels — the first acknowledgment by the state that lead is a problem.
What is the gospel of Jesus Christ?
God saves sinners through the finished work of Christ.
Jesus + Nothing = Everything
Anything added to the finished work of Christ is not the gospel.
We pollute the gospel by adding man-made religious practices to the cross.
We pollute the gospel when we attach our conduct to Christ’s accomplishments.
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