Regeneration

The Living Church is not a building or a place, it’s a living, breathing organism that moves. Those who are “in Christ” are His missionaries into the world. “I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of His power.” Being a missionary means being a servant to all people in order to demonstrate the Gospel. Yet, this is challenging—the very task causes...

In the Living Church, we are united—we are one new humanity (15). As a result, the new standard of our living is peace. This is a “mystery” (3:7), but takes its shape as we learn to love one another, forgive one another, and protect one another. This Sunday we will celebrate communion—a living demonstration that we are made one.

We Are Saved - Ephesians 2:1-10 In the Living Church, identity precedes action. Those who belong to Jesus were once “dead in [their] transgressions and sins.” Through faith, Jesus has “made us alive.” In short, we are saved—not by what we can do, but what Christ has accomplished. As a result, we are God’s “workmanship,” his poem, his song, through which He demonstrates “the immeasurable riches of...

We Have a New Identity - Ephesians 1:1-23 In the Living Church, identity precedes action. All those who are “in Christ Jesus” (1:1), are given a new identity, which Paul explains in sweeping language in this chapter. The basic call of this chapter: “be who you is, and not who you is not,” the blessed, chosen, blameless, adopted, redeemed, forgiven, included, sealed people of Jesus. Paul’s prayer i...

August 9 - Finding God in Change by

Psalm 62:5–8 Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. 

My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me. 

O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge.