We live in a world that seems disconnected. We live in a world that at times is so separated and so isolated. We live in a world that at times feels uprooted from anything solid. But, God’s Word tells us that He plants in us a longing for belonging. We were not meant to do life all…
45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. John 11:45-46 Jesus always causes a decision. The same question that faced the Jewish leaders is the question each of us…
6 Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. John 7:6 Our passage today shows some people are struggling with Jesus. Some because of the way Jesus is doing things and some with the words He is saying to them. Jesus is divisive and with Him there is…
“Therefore, as we have opportunity, we must work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith” – Galatians 6:10 The church is not just a charitable organization like the Red Cross, the civic club, the Rotary, or Kiwanis. Those groups do some great work. But the church is…
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.…
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. But I say, walk…
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? You observe days and months…
for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.…
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.Galatians 2:20 The most important thing is the gospel of Jesus…