N.T. Wright & Michael F. Bird, Jesus and the powers: Christian political witness in an age of totalitarian terror and dysfunctional democracies, p. 86:
We are — strange though it may seem, almost as hard to believe as the resurrection itself — accomplishing something which will be-come, in due course, part of God's new world.
If that is true, then, every act of love, gratitude and kindness; every work of art or music inspired by the love of God and delight cal in the beauty of his creation; every minute spent teaching a severely disabled child to read or to walk; every act of care for a patient; every deed of comfort and support for refugees; everything done for one's fellow human beings; everything to preserve and beautify the created order; all spirit-led teaching, every deed that spreads the gospel, builds up the Church, embraces and embodies holiness rather than corruption, every prayer for the heart's longings, and the worship that makes the name of Jesus honoured in the world — all of this will find its way, through the resurrecting power of God, into the new creation that God will one day make. That is the logic of the mission of God. God's recreation of his wonderful world, which has begun with the resurrection of Jesus, continues mysteriously as God's people live in the risen Christ and by the power of his spirit. This means that what we do in Christ and by the spirit in the present is not wasted, not abandoned, not discarded. Our holy labors will last long, all the way into God's news world. In fact, they will be enhanced there.
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