“no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, of God’s household,” – Ephesians 2:19 Context: Ephesians 1:7-14 God’s Purpose – salvation Ephesians 1:7-14 “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our...
As ambassadors for Jesus, we invite people to receive and respond to this Good News covenant. “16 So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now!...
Philippians 3:20-21 “citizens of heaven” – Philippians 3:20-21 “We are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious...
Matthew 14:22-32 Where is Jesus in the storm? In & Above Matthew 14:22-32 Matthew 14:22-32 Jesus & Peter walk on water, context Jesus’ teaching rejected in Nazareth, Herod kills cousin John the Baptist, remote place Jesus feeds more than five thousand...
Hebrews 11:1 Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. (NLT) Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. (NIV) Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of...
Matthew 25:14-30 What do we learn? God gives abilities, resources, and opportunities. God expects stewardship. Jesus taught that the Scriptures pointed to him as Messiah, and that those who would reject him would lose what truth they thought that they owned. We are...
