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Scripture: Acts 1:3, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, Galatians 1:18-19, 1 Timothy 1:13-17. In today's study we take a look at a Credal Statement. What is a Credal Statement?      ⁃    It is a fundamental of faith     ⁃    It enable people to talk about what they know and believe     ⁃    It is easily memorized     ⁃    It is easily understood     ⁃    It is easily shared Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:3-5 “What I received I passed on to you. And it is the most important of all. Here is what it is. Christ died for our sins, just as Scripture said he would. He was buried. He was raised from the dead on the third day, just as Scripture said he would be. He appeared to Peter. Then he appeared to the 12 apostles.” (The Credal Statement in bold.) Then Paul continues with verses 6-8, “After that, he appeared to more than 500 brothers and sisters at the same time. Most of them are still living. But some have died. He appeared to James. Then he appeared to all the apostles. Last of all, he also appeared to me. I was like someone who wasn't born at the right time.” Paul mentions three men in these verses: Peter, James (Jesus' 1/2 brother) and himself. 2000 years later we have evidences of authenticity: There is convincing physical evidence of Peter's home in Jerusalem.  Pastor shares pictures.  There is a bone box, The James Ossuary, which has also been discovered and has an inscription, “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.” The basic consensus of scholarly opinion is that this is very likely authentic.   Who were these men?  Peter: denied Jesus publicly three times James: his brother, was an unbeliever - did not believe Jesus was who He was, and James ridiculed his brother Jesus Paul: persecuted and killed believers and denounced Jesus Who did they become?     ⁃    Peter became an apostle of Christ and bold preacher of God's Word. Even arrest, beatings, and threats didn't lessen Peter's determination to preach the risen Christ.     ⁃    James, after seeing Jesus risen from the grave, became a believer and also became the leader of the early Christian church in Jerusalem.     ⁃    Paul was born Saul and he persecuted believers, but after meeting Jesus on a walk to Damascus Saul became Paul the Apostle and defender of the Gospel. What did these three have in common?     ⁃    They had all failed Jesus     ⁃    A denier     ⁃    A radical     ⁃    A persecutor     ⁃    All come to faith in the Risen Lord      ⁃    Their lives are changed     ⁃    They give powerful testimonies to Christ's love  for all sinners What else do they have in common?     ⁃    The PARDON of Christ - Forgiveness in full.     ⁃    Each of their stories is a story of redemption in Jesus and a testimony that not a single one of us is beyond the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.     ⁃    In these three men we see that God saved the worst of us so that He might save all of us. Their changed lives are a testimony to the heart of God wanting us all. How do their stories speak to us today? Applications of the Pardon of God     ⁃    Christ's mercy and grace is for us too - 1 Timothy 1:13-14 “I used to speak evil things against Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers. I really pushed them around. But God showed me mercy anyway. I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn't a believer. Our Lord poured out more and more of his grace on me. Along with it came faith and love from Christ Jesus.”     ⁃    Christ's saving power is for us too - 1 Timothy 1:15 “Here is a saying that you can trust. It should be accepted completely. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the worst sinner of all.”     ⁃    Nothing we have done can cause Jesus not to want to win us over to Himself     ⁃    Nothing that would cause Him to say He's done with us     ⁃    God wants ALL to be saved.     ⁃    Christ's patient renewal is for us too- 1 Timothy 1:16 “But for that very reason, God showed me mercy. And I am the worst of sinners. He showed me mercy so that Christ Jesus could show that he is very patient. I was an example for those who would come to believe in him. Then they would receive eternal life.” Incredible Love - Incredible Grace - Incredible Pardon And Jesus' mercy and grace, saving power, patient renewal and incredible love are for us, too! Paul, Peter and James were living examples of God's incredible grace - we too are living examples of His incredible grace. Pardon - God offers pardon, forgiveness to all who will repent and believe in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and we become the children of God…. FOREVER!! Now What? Learn about God at https://www.awakeusnow.com EVERYTHING we offer is FREE. Check out this video series from our website:  https://www.awakeusnow.com/40-10 Join us Sundays  https://www.awakeusnow.com/sunday-service Watch via our app. Text HELLO to 888-364-4483 to download our app.

We dive into one of the most stunning passages in the New Testament, exploring the unfathomable grace of God.   Website: www.prayerhouse.uk Email: connect@prayerhouse.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/prayerhouseweymouth Instagram: www.instagram.com/prayerhouseweymouth Give : www.prayerhouse.uk/give

We turn our attention to Romans 6:1-14.

Pastor Dave returns to lead us in a study of 1 Corinthians 2:1-5.

In just a few moments the famously outspoken Peter gets it famously right and famously wrong!   Website: www.prayerhouse.uk Email: connect@prayerhouse.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/prayerhouseweymouth Instagram: www.instagram.com/prayerhouseweymouth Give : www.prayerhouse.uk/give

Listening to JesusLuke 9:28-36 "This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him"

We turn our focus to Galatians 1:1-12 and Paul's response to the Judiazers.

We move now to Paul's writings on the person and work of Jesus. Today we're in Philippians 2:5-11.

In this session, Barbara examines an epic document by Pope St. Paul VI on how to present Jesus to people in this post-modern moment. In this apostolic exhortation titled Evangelii Nuntiandi , the Pope considers challenges to sharing the faith as well as all the elements of fully Catholic evangelization. The music in the introduction and close of this podcast is provided by George Sarah.This program of mystagogy is hosted by the Adult Faith Programs at Saint Stephen Martyr Church in Chesapeake, Virginia.Support the show

Again and again in the Gospel accounts we see Jesus responding to faith. Faith is the currency which gives us access to God's wonderful other-worldly gifts.   Website: www.prayerhouse.uk Email: connect@prayerhouse.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/prayerhouseweymouth Instagram: www.instagram.com/prayerhouseweymouth Give : www.prayerhouse.uk/give  

This week, Paul Maughan unpacks what it means to find joy in Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith. As we continue exploring joy in the Triune God, we look to Christ—the one who endured the cross for the joy set before Him.

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How do we know what God's will is? Our Acts story continues: Paul leaves Miletus for Jerusalem and stays at the house of Philip the Evangelist. A couple days after Paul arrives at Philip's home a prophet named Agabus comes to visit Paul. Agabus takes Paul's belt, wraps it around his own hands and feet and says, “The Holy Spirit says, “In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.” The people gathered in Philip's home pleaded with Paul not to go to Jerusalem after they heard this word, but Paul responds, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart. I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” Paul makes it clear that he is willing to risk his life to give glory to His Lord, Jesus Christ. In Acts 21:14, we read that when the group could not dissuade him they gave up and said, “The Lord's will be done.” The Holy Spirit had given Paul a warning through Agabus - that he would be captured by the Jewish leaders and then turned over to the Gentiles. So this is the question: Was Paul disobedient when he decided to go on to Jerusalem? Were the words of the Holy Spirit a warning to say do not go to Jerusalem or could they perhaps be words of warning meant to prepare Paul for what was coming? Could these words be asking Paul's obedience in going to Jerusalem but God in His goodness is giving Paul a heads up of what he will suffer for Christ's sake in obeying. Theologians are split on this but here are some reasons to see Paul's decision to go on to Jerusalem as being obedient. We will use Bible texts:         Acts 9:15-16 - from Paul's conversion story we hear God tell Ananias that Paul will be a chosen instrument to proclaim God's name to many and God goes on to say, “I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.” Paul as Saul had caused many believers to suffer, but as a transformed believer in Jesus - Paul would come to see that suffering would come into his life over and over again. (Beaten, ship wrecks, jailed, and many more difficulties) these were all part of Paul's life. Paul understood suffering.         Acts 20:22-23 - When Paul had announced to the leaders in the Miletus meeting that it was time for him to move on, he said, “I am COMPELLED by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are ahead.” He already knew that difficulties were ahead. The Holy Spirit had already warned him, nonetheless he says he was compelled. This text speaks nothing from God about NOT going - only that ahead were hardships.         Acts 23:11 - Several chapters after today's text, Jesus speaks to Paul, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify in Rome.” These are more warning words - no correction for disobedience, but rather kindness and encouragement for Paul - Take Courage! The Lord says! These words are words of kindness to prepare Paul for what more is to come. What we can learn from Paul:         Comfort is NOT job #1. Comfort is not our primary focus.         Obedience IS job #1. We are not saved by obedience, but by the death and resurrection of Jesus our Savior. Saved by and through Him alone, by grace. However, when we know Him - we desire to follow Him. Salvation leads us to obedience.         God's glory is paramount - What matters MOST is that our glorious God receives glory in each of our lives. In thanks and gratitude for what the Savior bought for us (life forever with God) and so we give Him glory with our lives in response to His gift of salvation to us.         God's plan is incredible - our destiny is to be made new - transformed with glorified bodies with Christ forever. As a result of Paul going to Jerusalem he         WAS ACCUSED FALSELY         WAS ATTACKED         HIS LIFE WAS ALMOST TAKEN         HE WAS PUT IN CHAINS         SOME PLOTTED TO KILL HIM         HE WAS JAILED FOR 2 YEARS         THEN SENT BY SHIP BACK TO ROME AS A PRISONER TO APPEAR BEFORE THE EMPEROR But look at what happened as a result of Paul going to Jerusalem - Paul's Gospel testimony went to:         Huge temple crowds         Sanhedrin         2 governors         King Agrippa         Emperor Nero So to the question: Did Paul disobey by going to Jerusalem? Will we see the Holy Spirit warning as God's way of giving Paul the strength for what was going to happen in Jerusalem, because God wanted to use Paul's difficulties to get the Gospel message to many who otherwise may not have heard.  As Paul walked faithfully before God, God used his faith in remarkable ways.  God uses our faithful walk before Him in remarkable ways as well. Check out the video on our website https://www.awakeusnow.com/living-one Check out the video on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTaaqrC3dMOwUarSm3uJrzLI4thAJNXQj Watch via our app. Text HELLO to 888-364-4483 to download our app.

In this final sermon of the "Follow Informed" series, Mark delves into the concept of life-giving relationships using the book of Philemon as a foundation. He highlights three key points:1. Define relationships around Jesus: Paul encourages Philemon to see Onesimus as a brother in Christ, transcending social status. Mark emphasizes that as believers, we should view fellow Christians as family, united in Christ despite our differences.2. Put faith into action: Paul challenges Philemon to live out his faith by showing grace to Onesimus. Mark uses this example to urge believers to practically demonstrate their faith, even in difficult situations. He references Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermon on loving enemies as a powerful example of faith in action.3. Be a person of love who refreshes others: Philemon is commended for his love that refreshes others. Mark encourages the congregation to be people who bring refreshment and rest to those around them, citing Proverbs 11:25 as a principle of generosity and refreshment.Mark concludes by challenging listeners to evaluate their closest relationships, pray for God's transformation, and keep Jesus at the center of their lives and relationships. #practicingtheway #followandformed #relationships #faith #friends #jesus #love

Part 6 The dictionary definition of the word resurrection is “the act of bringing someone back to life”.  Resurrection is not resuscitation.  When someone is resuscitated, they are brought back to life very soon after death. Resurrection, however, is bringing again to life after the person has been legally pronounced dead.  In both cases, the bringing back to life involves a physical body.  A resurrection without a body is nonsense.  Imagine if when Lazarus was raised from the dead, one party claimed to see him alive while the women were seen carrying his corpse away.  Rumours might well surface of seeing the "spirit" of Lazarus but everyone would agree, that Lazarus is dead since a resurrection requires a bringing again to life of the body.  Jehovah's Witnesses have a very strange dilemma facing them.  On one hand, they teach that Jesus was raised from the dead, but on the other hand, they teach that Jehovah destroyed His body!  Whatever spin one may desire to put on this, one is left with the same problem, a supposed resurrection without a body!   In this sixth teaching part, we examine the Watch Tower's teachings regarding Jesus's resurrection and compare them with what is taught in the Bible. Download teaching notes (pdf) https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bethesdashalom/6_The_Bodily_Resurrection_of_Jesus.pdf

Uniforms have two purposes 1: Identity Emergency situations professional situations 2: Practicality Most are utilitarian – Serve a purpose Series: FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE Week 1… We must know we are a part of a larger spiritual battle Week 2… We must walk in the light because there are monsters in the dark Today we are talking about… The “SPIRITUAL UNIFORM” of a Christian in the fight for their life   Background: Paul in Ephesus Much spiritual warfare for those Christian believers know for its practice of “dark arts”   Ephesians 6:10-17 10 Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens. 13 For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand. 14 Stand, therefore, with truth like a belt around your waist, righteousness like armor on your chest, 15 and your feet sandaled with readiness for the gospel of peace. 16 In every situation take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit—which is the word of God.   Let's first talk about the ANALOGY Paul gives us here… Armor – Something they were very familiar with Don't get lost in the analogy Armor is what you actively choose to use it's something that you already have – Gifts from God Don't have to Pray “today i put on…”   The armor also testifies to your identity and loyalty = UNIFORM   “Take up the full armor of God…” = Discipleship Learning to follow Jesus   Paul lays out what we need to win for the FIGHT FOR OUR LIFE…   1: Fight for your life with TRUTH (Belt) What does he mean by truth in the context of the story the Bible is telling? Each piece of armor we'll break into 2 parts… Foundation – What we think Direction – What we do Foundation: Believing in the TRUTH We are all building our lives on a truth You wear a truth, whether you realize it or not It surrounds and envelopes you It is what will allow you to walk trip or run Non-truth (lies) trips you up like an “ungirded loin” There is always a counterfeit The Enemy's “TRUTH” Culture's “truth” Direction: Walking in the TRUTH We speak the truth as we live in the truth Partner with truth It guides us We choose to be guided by it Declaration of Truth I choose to believe the truth about God, His will, my life, and the world I live in. I can walk in confidence because truth is bound to my life   2: Fight for your life in RIGHTEOUSNESS (Breastplate) What does he mean by righteousness? Foundation: I am made righteous through Jesus Christ My old self is GONE New Creation Not who I was Guard your heart… (proverbs)   We are made righteous, so now act righteously   Direction: My actions reflect my new status My behavior Righteousness guards us Your actions from your heart Rightness leads to rightness Righteousness leads to Righteousness Living holy lives protects us from spiritual Attack Seasons of doubt connected to sin Living a right life protects us (doubt, shame) What does it look like to live righteously? To live for righteousness means we wholeheartedly realize that sin does not please God we pursue holiness instead of sinfulness in our thoughts, words, and actions We submit even our thought life to what is righteous Philippians 4:8 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. To Fight For My Life… I choose to make the right choices in alignment with God's word and will. I can trust that the righteousness of Christ guards my heart.   3: Fight for your life by carrying THE GOSPEL PEACE (Shoes) What is the gospel of Peace in the context of the story the Bible is telling? Foundation: The Gospel of Jesus is Peace to the world Rebellion against God = Chaos Sin = Separation, violence, loss, etc Gospel = Jesus is king We are no longer separated from our father We have been made right We have access to God Our sins are forgiven PEACE CAN NOW BE HAD   Direction: I carry the best news the world must hear   It's not whether you will go or not But whether you will carry the PEACE OF THE GOSPEL or BROKENNESS Taking the gospel where there is chaos Isaiah 52:7 7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace, who brings news of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”   To fight for my life… I choose to be a peacemaker and a peace bringer by carrying the good news of grace and salvation. I can bring peace to chaos through the light of the gospel of Jesus   4: Fight for your life in FAITH (Shield) What is faith? Why a shield Faith is TRUST and HOPE in someone or something Foundation: My faith in God protects me Protection from circumstances and lies Trials Protects us in hard times Doubt and internal turmoil Shields us and stops the darts of doubt and temptation Sounds like… What God has for me is better than this temptation. Direction: I keep the faith no matter what 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. We don't panic when things get tough God is FAITHFUL to we can TRUST HIM HOPE IN HIM Our trust in the Lord is stronger than our struggle To fight for my life… I choose to trust God and not lies, deceit, or circumstances. I can hold strong in any storm because my God is with me.   5: Fight for your life through SALVATION (Helmet) What does he mean by “Salvation?” Foundation: I am secure in Christ through His salvation Get a head blow, and you are dead satan attacks the mind Knowing what you believe Who you belong to Who you are in Jesus Christianity 101 – simple gospel “I am not who I was” I am Saved by GRACE Direction: I live with confidence because I know who I am and WHO'S I am When the enemy attacks your mind, you remind yourself who saved you You are not Who you were Philippians 4:6-7 6 Don't worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. To fight for my life… I choose to rest in the knowledge that I am loved, redeemed, and called by God. I can understand my place in God's family and plan for the world.   6: Fight for your life with THE WORD OF THE SPIRIT (Sword/Word of God) Study about reading the Bible https://bttbfiles.com/web/docs/cbe/Scientific_Evidence_for_the_Power_of_4.pdf 3 days or less per week = No significant effect 4 or more per week: Getting drunk = 57% lower odds Sex outside marriage = 68% lower odds Pornography = 61% lower odds Gambling = 74% lower odds Any of these habits = 57% lower odds Also increased… Sharing faith with others = 228% higher odds Discipling others = 231% higher odds Memorizing scripture = 407% higher odds Foundation: God's word is my weapon against evil and temptation God's word is how we fight One offensive tool The gospel and all of scripture Jesus fought this way In the desert temptation How is it effective? Gives discernment Promises we can claim We need the word of God   Direction: I fight the enemy with the Truth of God's Word   2 Timothy 3:15-17 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.   To fight for my life… I choose to rebuke evil through the word of God's truth. I can fight with a victory mindset because nothing overcomes my God and his revealed word.

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In the Messiah Galatians 2:11-21 by William Klock We're all familiar with the image of the two masks, side-by-side, representing tragedy and comedy—one face frowning and the other smiling.  The image represents the theatre, whether it's on playbills, or carved on the outside of a building, or use to mark the location of a theatre on a map.  That image is something that goes all the way back to ancient Greece.  Back then all the actors were men, there was no makeup, and many people sat far enough away that it was hard to see who was who.  So that the audience would know who was on stage and what they were about, the actors held masks in front of their faces—a bit larger than life and with exaggerated features and expressions.  The Greeks had a name for this sort of acting and it's come straight into English: hypocrites—hypocrite, hypocrisy.  By St. Paul's day the word had evolved beyond describing actual actors in a play.  It still did, but it commonly referred to someone who was playing a deceitful game of false pretences and pretending to be someone they really weren't. As we move on in Galatians 2, Paul levels this charge at Peter.  Not very long before Paul got word of what was going on in the Galatian churches and wrote this letter, Peter had travelled up to Antioch from Jerusalem.  This was a church of both Jews and gentiles and hat may be why Peter visited.  As we saw last week, Peter and Paul had agreed that Peter had been sent to the Jews and Paul to the gentiles, so here's Peter going to visit the Jews in Antioch. You would think after what had happened when Paul visited Jerusalem, after he stood firm against the “circumcision party” and found that he and Peter were ultimately in agreement with each other, you would think this visit to Antioch by Peter would have gone smoothly, but it did not.  Look at what Paul write in Galatians 2:11-14. But when Cephas [again, that's Peter's Greek name just like Paul is Saul's Greek name] came to Antioch, I stood up to him face to face.  He was in the wrong.  Before certain persons came from James, Peter was eating with the gentiles.  But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, because he was afraid of the circumcision people.  The rest of the Jews did the same, joining him in this play-acting.  Even Barnabas was carried along by their sham.  But when I saw that they weren't walking straight down the line of gospel truth, I said to Cephas in front of them all: “If you're a Jew, but you've been living like a gentile, how can you force gentiles to become Jews?”   This issue of Jews and gentiles just wouldn't go away.  Paul thought it was settled after his visit to Jerusalem, but then it happened again when Peter came to visit in Antioch, and now, like a cancer, it's spread to the churches in Galatia.  No doubt, the agitators in Galatia had already told the churches there their version of what had happened in Antioch, so now Paul tells them what really happened. Before all this, Jewish and gentile believers in Antioch—and Galatia, for that matter—gathered as one people to worship, to pray, and maybe most importantly, to eat the Lord's Supper.  It helps to remember that in those early days, the Lord's Supper was part of or at least attached to an actual meal where the people would fellowship with each other.  This gathering together, this eating together was a profound living out of the power of the gospel.  When Jesus died and rose again, he dealt with sin and that put everyone, Jew and gentile alike, on an even footing.  There was no longer clean and unclean, just and sinner: all in Jesus were clean and just.  And this bringing together of the two peoples, it was God's new creation made visible in the life of the early church—a powerful witness of the gospel itself. We might not think much of it, but it was a big deal.  Jews had been raised, steeped in observance of the law.  Gentiles were sinners and their food was unclean—even their fellowship was unclean.  Think of Peter and his vision in Acts of the sheet let down from heaven full of unclean animals and the Lord telling him to eat.  Revulsion had been instilled in Peter from his birth.  There was a massive “ick” factor.  Our culture, in contrast, has become so accepting of everything that there's not much left we can compare it to, but maybe you can think of the current conspiracy theories about Klaus Schwab telling everyone to “Eat ze bugs”.  It gets people worked up, because of the deeply ingrained revulsion we have in our culture to eating bugs.  It would have been something like that for Jews to fellowship with, to eat with gentiles. On the other end of things, the gentiles knew full well about those Jewish weirdos and their over-the-top purity laws.  Jews were everywhere spread through the Greco-Roman world, so the pagans encountered them regularly in daily life and in business and were well aware of the revulsion they had to eating with them.  So, that the early Jesus people were not only gathering together to worship and pray, but also gathering together around the same table to share bread and wine.  It was a really big deal.  It got everyone's attention. And so Peter came to visit Antioch and, Paul says, he worshipped and he prayed and he came to the Lord's Table with his gentile brothers and sisters.  Everything was fine.  And then the cancer that Paul thought had been stomped out in Jerusalem, the cancer came to Antioch.  Certain people from James came.  Paul doesn't elaborate on what that means, since the Galatians probably knew who those people were.  Maybe they were sent by James.  Probably they came and claimed authority from James that they didn't really have.  Whatever the case, they carried the cancer with them.  Paul calls them “circumcision people”.  They had some connection with the pseudo-family members who had been smuggled into the meeting in Jerusalem and who had insisted that Titus be circumcised.  And Peter caved into their pressure.  He “drew back” and “separated himself” and then when the other Jews in Antioch saw Peter do that, they followed suit.  Even Barnabas.  We get a sense of Paul's shock and dismay that even his partner Barnabas whom he knew knew better, even he went along with this sham.  This is where Paul uses that play-acting term.  Peter and Barnabas and the other Jews acted like hypocrites.  They knew better.  But under pressure from these agitators they withdrew and gathered separately.  They put up masks to placate the agitators and in doing that—not realising what they'd done—they become the people-pleasers so despised by their tradition.  They were gospel people, but to keep the peace they held up anti-gospel masks in front of their faces. Paul knew that this wasn't the real Peter—or the real Barnabas for that matter. They knew better.  Peter had known this for years before Paul had.  The real Peter behind the mask, the real Peter knew in his bones that the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection created one family in which Jews and gentiles stood on equal footing in the Messiah.  This new reality wasn't easy for Jews steeped for a lifetime in torah to adjust to.  There was a massive “ick” factor to overcome.  But the gospel is a powerful thing and so is God's Spirit and adjust they had.  And now, inexplicably to Paul, Peter and the others were dividing what Jesus had made one. Paul says that they weren't walking the straight line of gospel truth.  The word is orthopodeo—where we get our word “orthodpaedic”.  The gospel draws a straight line and they should have been walking it, but they weren't.  So Paul says to Peter, “Look here, you're a Jew, but you've been living like a gentile.”  He means that Peter's been eating with gentile believers and that almost certainly also means that Peter's been eating gentile food that was off-limits to Jews.  “So then,” Paul asks, “How can you force gentiles to become Jews.” Peter probably would have answered that, no, he wasn't trying to force anyone to be a Jew.  They could each just do their own thing.  But that brings up images of the temple, where Jews could enter the temple court, while gentiles were stuck outside in the Court of the Gentiles—they weren't really members of the community, of God's people.  That's why Paul is so insistent here.  There is one people—and Peter knew this and Paul knew—there is one people in Jesus the Messiah, not two.  In the Messiah.  This new community is defined not by ethnicity or ethnic markers but messianically by faith in Jesus and nothing else.  If we're going to divide it up again, well, what's the point?  To do so undermines the gospel itself and we might as well just throw in the towel. So beginning at verse 15 Paul lays out the argument he gave Peter, because it's this same gospel-killing cancer that has infected the Galatian churches.  They need to hear it too.  So Paul writes in verse 15: We are Jews by birth, not “gentile sinners”. For Jews there were two groups of people on this earth: the just or righteous—the Greek word carries both those meanings—and sinners.  Jews were the just, the righteous, chosen by God and marked out by obedience to the torah.  Everyone else was a sinner and this is why they kept themselves separate.  But, Paul goes on: But we know that a person is not declared “righteous” by works of the [Jewish] law, but through the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah.   So God had chosen the Jewish people and then gave them his law so that be living it, they'd be set apart.  It's what marked them out as different from gentile sinners.  And they expected that one day, the Lord would send his Messiah and the Messiah would vanquish the gentile sinners and lead the righteous into God's new age.  But instead—and this was what Paul had to work through after meeting the risen Jesus—instead, the Messiah came and sinners crucified him.  That wasn't how anyone thought the whole Messiah thing would go.  Ordinarily, being crucified would mean Jesus wasn't really the Messiah.  Other men claimed to be the Messiah, they were killed, and that was the end of their messianic claims.  But then God raised Jesus from death.  In doing that he overturned the charge of false messiah laid against him and proved that Jesus was, in fact, the real deal, the Messiah.  Jesus did, in fact, inaugurate God's new age, his new creation.  So why did he have to die?  That's when Paul—and the others—realised that as much as torah provided both a righteous way of living and a means of atonement when they failed to be 100% obedient—there was more to righteousness that torah could never provide.  The very fact that torah was necessary to set apart God's people, highlights that both Jew and gentile alike are subject to the slavery of sin and death.  So Jesus the Messiah let sin rise up and do its worst at the cross, then rose triumphant over it.  Jesus did something that torah could never but do, but in light of Jesus Paul realised, it was something torah had been pointing to all along. Now, there's an unspoken subtext going on here that we need to understand.  Remember that Messiah mean's God's anointed king—the king.  And for Jews, a king represented his people.  So what was true of a king is also true of his people.  This is why godly kings brought blessing on Israel and wicked kings brought curses and ultimately exile.  A king represents his people.  Paul likes to talk about being “in the Messiah” and when he says that, this is what he's getting at.  We'll need to know this as Paul goes on. So as much as Paul and his fellow Jews had always thought that righteousness came through the law, it turns out that God had something greater in store.  A greater righteousness, true righteousness comes through the faithfulness—through the faithfulness of the Messiah.  Jews had been faithful to torah and to the Lord's covenant and that faithfulness marked them out as the “righteous”, but their faithfulness to God was but a shadow of the loving, gracious, self-giving faithfulness to God that Jesus displayed on the cross.  That's the faithfulness that has created a new people of God, a new and “righteous” or “just” people defined by faith in Jesus.  So Paul goes on: That is why we too believed in the Messiah, Jesus: so that we might be declared “righteous” on the basis of the Messiah's faithfulness, and not on the basis of works of the [Jewish] law.  On that basis, you see, no creature will be declared “righteous”.   Peter and now the Galatians had forgotten what it was all about.  Peter seems just to have wanted to avoid conflict—which we see is a problem in other places in Peter's story, not least at Jesus' trial.  For the Galatians it was likely fear of persecution.  Remember that in the ancient word, “religion” wasn't some nice box you opened up on Sunday, and then closed up the rest of the week.  It wasn't something you did in private.  The gods were everywhere and a part of every aspect of life.  The fastest growing cult of the time was the cult of Caesar and if you weren't part of that, well, you were disloyal and unpatriotic.  Jews had a special exemption from all this pagan stuff, but these gentile converts to Christianity were in a tough spot.  When they became Christians they withdrew from all this paganism.  They stopped going to the temples and offering incense to Caesar and doing all the other little things people did throughout daily life and that got them into trouble.  So since Jesus was the Jewish Messiah and following him was sort of a new way of being Jewish, they claimed the Jewish exemption and pretty soon the “real” Jews were insisting that if they were going to call themselves Jews, they'd better at least by circumcised.  But once they did that and strayed off the straight line of gospel truth, they started to forget what the gospel was all about. So Paul reminds Peter and he reminds the agitators in Galatia: this greater righteousness found in the faithfulness of the Messiah, remember, this is why we believed in him!  In light of Jesus death for sins on the cross—remember?—we realised that in the end, torah won't cut it.  Righteousness is found in the faithfulness of King Jesus.  He goes on in verses 17 and 18: Well, then, if in seeking to be declared righteous in the Messiah, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make the Messiah an agent of sin?   This is the accusation of the agitators and of the “people from James”.  As part of living out the life of the gospel, Paul and Peter have been eating and fellowshipping with gentiles.  The agitators, stuck in the old, pre-Jesus and pre-gospel way of Jewish thinking, for them that makes Peter and Paul and all the others to be “sinners”—because they're disregarding torah and the boundary markers that have always been there.  If eating with gentile believers for the sake of the Messiah makes them sinners, then that would make the Messiah an agent of sin.  Paul's trying to show them how absurd their accusations are.  No, he's saying:   Certainly not!  If I build up once more the things which I tore down, I demonstrate that I am a lawbreaker. They've forgotten that Jesus has changed everything.  Jesus' death has dealt with sin—for both Jew and gentile.  Gentile believers are no longer sinners.  They're clean.  Paul's reminding them that the boundary markers of God's people have changed because of that.  What now counts is being “in the Messiah”.  They're trying to rebuild what the old walls and in doing so they're undermining the very saving gospel in which they've trusted.  It's a senseless thing to do.  It's like calling the police chief to help you bury the body of the guy you just killed.  It's not going to end well for you. So now, finally, we get to Paul's familiar and glorious text about incorporation into Jesus the Messiah.  Look at verse 19: Let me explain it like this: Through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.  I have been crucified with the Messiah.  I am, however, alive—but it is no longer I; it's the Messiah who lives in me.  And the life I do still live in the flesh, I live within the faithfulness of the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.   I think the best way to see this is as Paul telling the story of the Messiah's death and resurrection as his own story.  This is what it means to be “in the Messiah”. Notice how Paul doesn't just dismiss the law, torah.  One of the first heresies—and one that pops up perennially in church history—was the teaching of Marcion who dismissed the law and the whole Old Testament as irrelevant.  For Paul, though, you can't have the new covenant without the old.  Torah was building towards Jesus and the cross and the giving of the Spirit all along.  So Paul doesn't just say he died to law—which we might think means the law doesn't matter.  He says that through the law, he died to the law.  In Jesus the law fulfilled its purpose and so in Jesus, Paul is now fully alive to God.  How does that work.  Well, Jesus was crucified and in that he dealt with sin.  Remember, again, that the king represents his people.  So Paul says, he has been—in Greek it's literally—"co-crucified” with the Messiah.  Through faith in Jesus, through identification with the Messiah, Paul has died to sin.  And then he says, “I am—however—alive.”  Of course he is.  If he is in the Messiah, if he has been co-crucified with the Messiah, then he has also been co-raised with the Messiah.  I am alive—but—it is no longer I; it's the Messiah who lives in me. Brothers and Sisters, notice how Jesus has changed Paul's identity.  That's what he's getting at here.  By faith he has been incorporated into the Messiah so that even though he still lives in the flesh—that final day when we will be made completely new still awaits us—but even though Paul still lives in the flesh, because he is in the Messiah, he now lives within the faithfulness of the Messiah—the son of God—and now Paul makes it more personal—not just that the son of God died, but that he loved me and gave himself for me.  This isn't just abstract theology.  Jesus, the son of God, was faithful to fulfil torah, and gave himself not just generally for humanity (although that is true), but he gave himself for Paul—for me—for you—out of love, again for you, for me.  Sometimes we need that reminder.  All the theology, all the explanation, all the argumentation to bring false teaching and false gospels to heel is necessary, but in the midst of all that, never forget that Jesus died for you, for me, because  he loves us—not just that he loves humanity as a whole in some general sense, but that he knows and loves each one of us.  He died for you.  He rose for you.  And he's baptised you into his own Holy Spirit so that you can share in his resurrection life. Paul drives home this very personal aspect of the gospel.  Peter knew this.  The Galatians new this.  And that makes it all the more powerful when he ends his argument saying in verse 21: I don't set aside God's grace.  If “righteousness” comes through the law, then the Messiah died for nothing.”   He's reminded them that in his grace, God sent his son to die for you.  But if you start rebuilding that old wall, if you start acting like “righteousness”—he means membership in the community of God's people—if you start acting like “righteousness” comes through the law and the old boundary markers, then what you're really saying is that Jesus died for nothing.  Whether Jews and gentile would eat together might seem like a small thing, but it wasn't.  Eat separately undercut the very foundation of the gospel.  That's not really an issue for us today—although there are some modern-day groups that do add torah to Jesus.  But Paul would have the same thing to say to anyone today who would divide up the people of God or who would exclude these people or those people based on something added to the gospel.  Our identity, Brothers and Sisters, whatever it was in the past or whoever the world around us tell us we are, our real identity, the identity that matters is in Jesus the Messiah and nothing else.  We have died and now live in Jesus. This is especially relevant to us today in the mist of our post-modern culture.  Our world is rapidly tribalizing over identity: things like race and sex and sexual orientation.  The new thing is creating our own identities contrary to those that God had given us.  In other cases we've turned our sins into identities.  And we find these identities so powerfully defining that we bring them into the church and we hyphenate ourselves.  We're black-Christians or we're white-Christians.  There's an ongoing controversy about those who call themselves gay-Christians.  But Paul reminds us that if we are by faith in the Messiah, we have but one identity.  We have died with the Messiah and while we still live, it is no longer we—whatever our colour or language or sex or past sin—it is the Messiah who lives in us—because he loves each of us so dearly that he gave himself for us.  Brothers and Sisters, that's the straight line of the gospel.  Come to the Tablet this morning.  Eat the bread and drink the wine and be reminded that Jesus died and rose again for you and that in him, you have died and been raised.  His life, his faithfulness, his love and grace and mercy are now your identity.  No more masks, no more play-acting, just Jesus the Messiah. Let's pray again our Collect: Lord, give your people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

This episode is with two researchers of the JFK assassination who have research related information in the area of the Dallas Police Department and the assassination of JFK. It is well known that before JFK's arrival in Dallas that he was warned that they would be a bit hostile considering it was largely a conservative state in 1963, much of this episode will look into the way the police either manipulated or neglected certain procedures in the events of Nov 22nd to the 25th that led to one of the most controversial and significant events in american history. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/out-of-the-blank/support

Prior to following Jesus Paul tells us that we were dead in our transgressions. However, Christ made a way to live with Him! This Sunday we'll dive into how God see's you and who He says you are in Christ!

Paul White talks about the reality of being harnessed in with Jesus, carrying the yoke and walking side by side with Him, inspired by the story of Jeremiah and the book of Lamentations.   Website: www.prayerhouse.uk Email: connect@prayerhouse.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/prayerhouseweymouth Instagram: www.instagram.com/prayerhouseweymouth Give : www.prayerhouse.uk/give

The Apostle Paul underwent a radical transformation when he encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus - but what was Paul like before this moment? Join Pastor Allen in this revealing episode in his study on the Apostle Paul!

Welcome to "Speaking Jesus," our dynamic new sermon series! Journey with us through the book of Acts as we explore how early believers boldly shared their faith in Jesus. Discover how to live and share your faith in a natural, authentic way—just as the Church was meant to do. We're thrilled to have you with us!

“Seeing Plus Sacrifice Equals Serving.” Join us as Pastor Paul Barker brings an encouraging and timely message just for you! If you have never connected with us via our connection card, be sure to fill one out now! Connect with us at | bit.ly/RadiantConnectionCard Do you need prayer? Let us pray for you through this link | bit.ly/RadiantConnectionCard MusicBed SyncID: MB01SMWFTC7HQ4K

The weekly adult Sunday School class at OAG taught by long-time teacher, Mrs. Jeanie Davis. ** Edited to remove personal information shared in the class and extended pauses ** Title: Embracing Our Calling and Assembling Together: A Call to Action Summary: In her lesson, Mrs. Jeanie emphasizes the importance of assembling together as a church community and actively engaging in our spiritual responsibilities. She encourages everyone to study the scriptures, share their testimonies, and mentor others while relying on the Holy Spirit for guidance and strength. Outline: 1. Opening Prayer and Introduction Gratitude for God's blessings and guidance Emphasis on the importance of individual roles in God's plan 2. The Meaning of Church and Assembly Definition and significance of "church" as assembly The necessity of physical gathering and community worship Reflection on recent worship experiences and participation 3. Studying the Scriptures Importance of the Old Testament in understanding Jesus Paul's advice to Timothy about studying the Word Relevance of both Old and New Testament teachings 4. Mentorship and Sharing Testimonies Paul's mentorship of Timothy as a model for us The need for everyone to mentor and guide others, especially youth Personal anecdotes about family heritage and sharing faith stories 5. Call to Action and Closing Prayer Encouragement to pray for leaders and intercessors Importance of active participation in faith and community Final prayer for guidance, strength, and effective witnessing

What happens when you encounter Jesus? He interrupts your agenda, he humbles you, he transforms you, and he redefines your life's purpose.

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Acts 9:1-21

This sermon focuses on vs. 35a, "another Psalm" in its context. So many of the Psalms written by God to worship Him sing directly of Christ in the OT and prove Him to be the Messiah. The Psalms Sing of Jesus.

This sermon focuses on vs. 35a, -another Psalm- in its context. So many of the Psalms written by God to worship Him sing directly of Christ in the OT and prove Him to be the Messiah. The Psalms Sing of Jesus.

A special Guest interview with Paul Zolman sharing his personal journey with the Lord and how by grace he was able to overcome anger emanating from childhood abuse in a family circle and he developed a way and a tool to help him to grow in love and how this reconciles with the love of Jesus. It all began when he made a decision to break the cycle. An evidence today that with God all things are possible but we all have to take a step of faith.

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This is a passage to read again and again and again!  Because of Jesus Paul gives a sampling of the riches we can claim: peace with God, access into the remarkable state of Grace in which we firmly, safely, and securely stand, purpose in suffering, a God whose promises never disappoint, a Love so true poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.  The most remarkable thing is that it was sinners that Christ died and secured these riches for.  That is a Love beyond all love. There is so very much going wrong in this world and so much wrong in each of our hearts – in spite of it all we have perpetual cause for hope in God's unfailing love and can enjoy our reconciliation with Him no matter where we are, who we are with or what's gone wrong.

Fr. Roger J. Landry Columbia Catholic Ministry, Notre Dame Church, Manhattan Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr October 17, 2023 Rom 1:16-25, Ps 19, Lk 11:37-41   To listen to an audio recording of today's homily, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/10.17.23_Homily_1.mp3   The […] The post Unashamed of the Gospel, like Jesus, Paul and Ignatius, 28th Tuesday (I), October 17, 2023 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Matthew 14:22-33 For the third consecutive week, I have the privilege of ascending the stairs of this pulpit to bring a word in season on how to stand in the midst of trial!!  Brothers and Sisters, believe me when I say, it was not my planned intention to labour this point, but as I waited upon the Lord as to what He would have me to say, I felt Him call to my remembrance another facet of suffering that I had been thinking hard upon but for the moment had forgotten.  Brothers and Sisters, God is speaking to His people!!  Through the trials that we are passing through; God is at work, refining us so that we might be able to stand, not only in the present hour, but in the coming days ahead. But you say, Pastor, it's hard and I'm weary!!  The battle is fierce, the pressure intense, and the fire is hot; what am I to do? If I'm honest, I feel like I'm going under!!  Brother/Sister, it is my heart's desire to encourage you this morning — hold on!! You're not going under!!!! The word of encouragement to your heart is — KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS!!! 

Acts 20:33-35 Ministry properly defined has nothing to do with being a preacher. It identifies not the words spoken, but the act of service involved, and this can be transposed across the board — waiting on tables, opening a door for another, prayer, giving (the list is endless). “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross” (Phil. 2:4-8). Can I say; that the giving of our Lord's life was not only the greatest act of love ever known, it was the greatest act of service! This sermon is an appeal to servanthood!  

We hear about learning to love like Jesus—but what's that even look like? Author Paul Miller looks intently at His love in the Gospels, unpacking His methods of truly seeing others, feeling compassion, and acting in ways that matter. Show Notes and Resources Connect with Paul Miller and catch more of his thoughts at SeeJesus.net. Find him on Twitter @_PaulEMiller, or on Facebook @AuthorPaulMiller. And grab Paul's book, Love Walked Among Us: Learning to Love Like Jesus in our shop Intrigued by today's episode? Think deeper with Paul in his many FamilyLife Today appearances. Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. See resources from our past podcasts. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network

Living as a Christian is not easy, let alone being invited by God to live as a Christian missionary in the US. Paul Granger, an ambassador of Christ, shares with us his story and journey through working for a variety of ministries, non-profits, seasons of unemployment and what it means to reflect Christ in his everyday life. How can we trust God at times when it feels like it's impossible? How can this even make sense? Listen to some of these "crazy" God stories and be encouraged by Paul today. Song: Bring Your Nothing - Shane & Shane Check out Paul's podcast, Where Did You See God?, HERE Follow Paul on Instagram: @wheredidyouseegod Follow The Rocky Road Podcast on Instagram: @therockyroadpod

Believe it or not, women were central to the development of early Christianity. They were disciples of Jesus, funding his ministry, and even serving as Deacons, Prophets, Missionaries and even Apostles in the early Church. In this episode we'll look at:*How Jesus empowered women*Women named by Paul as fellow servants*How the words of Paul and Jesus have been misunderstood and mistranslated to subjugate women*Why Jesus's words about divorce are about setting women free from abusive husbands*How male leaders in the early Church ignored Jesus and Paul to gain control

RATE! SHARE! SUBSCRIBE! Email me your thoughts, comments or questions: caniberealpodcast@gmail.com Listen and enjoy! Let me know what you think! Subscribe to my YouTube Channel- Can I Be Real? Podcast Follow me on Instagram- @raee.michele Join the South of Gaza Community Facebook Group to receive daily Bible scriptures and encouragement on your Facebook timeline! RATE, REVIEW, & SUBSCRIBE! Show Notes: ○ The exact date it was written is unknown; Paul wrote it either during his 1st or 2nd missionary journey to Galatia ○ The church at Galatia likely faced heavy Greek and Roman cultural influences, which would have been confusing for the new converts. Many members of a legalistic Jewish party taught that salvation for Gentiles must include Jewish circumcision and adherence to the Mosaic Law. ○ Paul rejects the legalistic view and strongly defends that a person is justified by faith in Christ alone, not by the works of the law. • Read ○ Galatians 1 § Galatians 1:1-10 (read in CJB) § What is the Gospel or Good News? □ Paul says it in verses 3 & 4 □ Read: Romans 3:20-26 □ Read: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 § Any gospel other than this, is not the gospel at all! □ Read: 2 Peter 2:1-2 § Galatians 1:11-24 § In these verses, Paul defends that he was called by God, not by humans, nor was he taught by the apostles, but that he received the gospel message directly from a revelation from Jesus □ Paul tells of his conversion on the road to Damascus (Acts 9) □ Some think that Paul spent some time in solitary during those 3 years, but the Bible is not conclusive; regardless, Paul was preaching the gospel in Damascus before he became personally acquainted with Peter and James --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rachel398/message

Hosts: Dan Winkler and Robert Hatfield  |  Released Tuesday, April 11, 2023 When Paul meets with the elders from the Ephesian church (Acts 20:17-38), he reveals his heart as a minister of Jesus in a recorded discourse that is saturated with Jesus the Christ. This is a wonderful place to examine “the Jesus Paul knew.” […]

Hosts: Dan Winkler and Robert Hatfield  |  Released Tuesday, April 11, 2023 When Paul meets with the elders from the Ephesian church (Acts 20:17-38), he reveals his heart as a minister of Jesus in a recorded discourse that is saturated with Jesus the Christ. This is a wonderful place to examine “the Jesus Paul knew.” […]

https://youtube.com/live/Cau0P5FJVO4 1. Man Down and Needs a Medic Acts 9:1-20 a. Paul was struck down on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-9) i. Not because God wanted to kill him, but to get Paul out of his own way ii.Ananias asks for understanding; what God is asking sounds crazy (Acts 9:13-16) iii. God responds with further clarification2. “Immediately” Acts 9:20 a. Paul's immediate response is very similar to several others in the Gospels i. The Leper – Mark 1:40-45 ii. The Demon Possessed Man – Mark 5:1-20 iii. The Deaf/Mute Man – Mark 7:31-37 iv. The Two Blind Men – Matthew 9:27-31 v. The Samaritan Woman at the Well – John 4:1-42 b. Your Testimony is your greatest tool3. From the Accused to the Ambassador a. Characteristics of an Ambassador i. Represents a foreign land within the receiving country (Heaven to Earth) ii. Familiar with the culture, social norms, and local economy (peace with all) iii. Well versed in the receiving country's politics and significant historical events (times and seasons) iv. Effectively communicates with people of various cultures and backgrounds (light of the world) v. Understands the receiving country's laws, though not condemned by those laws (you are a new creature) vi. Seeks to advance the interests of their country while residing in the receiving country (spreading the Gospel) vii. Resilient and able to cope with the challenges of working in a foreign land (steadfast) b. The Biblical description of an Ambassador for Christ i. 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 1. God is making his appeal to the world through us 2. We are to become the righteousness of God (the example of the Kingdom on earth) ii. John 17:15-18 1. You are not of this world because Christ is not of this world 2. As Christ was sent into the world, so are you!4. The Name of God is Now Upon You Acts 9:15 a. Name (Greek: onoma) = everything that encompasses a person's reputation (rank, authority, hobbies, interests, deeds, exploits, etc) b. Exodus 20:7 i. Name (Hebrew: šēm) = reputation, fame, glory ii. Vain (Hebrew: šāv') = worthless conduct, emptiness of speech c. We are written letters, in the flesh, from God to the world i. 2 Corinthians 3:3 ii. What kind of story are you writing?

Corey Spinks from e3Partners talked about the fact that if Jesus had a discipleship plan (and he did) then so should we.

Legendary Bible Scholar, John Dominic Crossan, is back on the podcast! In this episode, we tackle some listener questions and let everyone know about an upcoming class – Easter Stories. John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American biblical scholar with two-year post-doctoral diplomas in exegesis from Rome's Pontifical Biblical Institute and in archeology from Jerusalem's École… Read more about John Dominic Crossan: Jesus, Paul, & Bible Questions

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