The Gospel not only changes people, but it also influences social structures. Time and time again the Bible tells stories of those whose lives were transformed by Christ and, because of this, their families were changed. When the Gospel touches a person so deeply, every relationship he or she has is affected. When we believe deeply in the Gospel and truly let it transform us, we then begin to transform social structures and feel convicted to do something about unjust things.
In Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller writes, "But the trouble with deep belief is that is costs something. And there is something inside me, some selfish beast of a subtle thing that doesn't like the truth at all because it carries responsibility, and if I actually believe these things then I have to do something about them." Being transformed by the Gospel does cost something. Many stories of transformed people are followed by stories of sacrifice, but when we are truly transformed, when we possess this kind of deep belief, we become convicted to do something bigger than us.
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