Coro Baptist Church

Where is our satisfaction found in life-- Where do we go to rejoice-- There is no limit to the imagination when answering these questions. Even churches seem to have more than one answer. Yet whether it is the love of self or the love of vital theology concepts, the Bible says that all fall short compared to Jesus Christ. Jesus is the great lost love of the world. And in this series titled -Rejoicing in Christ- we will simply be spending time looking at him.

We recommence our series through Matthew's gospel this week, from Chapter 8. Having taught the crowds with the Sermon on the Mount, astonishing them with the authority of his teaching, we now see that authority at work as Jesus heals many in the ensuing chapters. This is not simply the work of someone with great power and authority, but one with great compassion. Jesus truly is the "man of sorrows" who "took our illnesses and bore our diseases."

Where is our satisfaction found in life? Where do we go to rejoice? There is no limit to the imagination when answering these questions. Even churches seem to have more than one answer. Yet whether it is the love of self or the love of vital theology concepts, the Bible says that all fall short compared to Jesus Christ. Jesus is the great lost love of the world. And in this series titled "Rejoicing in Christ" we will simply be spending time looking at him.

Where is our satisfaction found in life-- Where do we go to rejoice-- There is no limit to the imagination when answering these questions. Even churches seem to have more than one answer. Yet whether it is the love of self or the love of vital theology concepts, the Bible says that all fall short compared to Jesus Christ. Jesus is the great lost love of the world. And in this series titled -Rejoicing in Christ- we will simply be spending time looking at him.

We conclude our 'Glorious Humanity' series this week considering the wonder of our union with Christ. We have died with him, have been buried with him, raised with him, and… when he, who is our life appears, we too will appear with him in glory. In Christ, we are kept safe and secure, 'hidden with Christ in God.' Such is the wonder of 'Christ in you, the hope of glory.'

Where is our satisfaction found in life? Where do we go to rejoice? There is no limit to the imagination when answering these questions. Even churches seem to have more than one answer. Yet whether it is the love of self or the love of vital theology concepts, the Bible says that all fall short compared to Jesus Christ. Jesus is the great lost love of the world. And in this series titled "Rejoicing in Christ" we will simply be spending time looking at him.

Where is our satisfaction found in life-- Where do we go to rejoice-- There is no limit to the imagination when answering these questions. Even churches seem to have more than one answer. Yet whether it is the love of self or the love of vital theology concepts, the Bible says that all fall short compared to Jesus Christ. Jesus is the great lost love of the world. And in this series titled -Rejoicing in Christ- we will simply be spending time looking at him.

Philippians 2:1-13 presses upon us the highest example possible - the self-humbling action of Christ who, though He shared the very glory and form of God, humbled Himself and took on the form of a servant in our flesh, becoming obedient to the point of a cursed death on a cross. It is this One whose humanity has been lifted to the highest place and given the name above every name. This model of humble service is not an impossible ideal but a Christ enabled and Spirit empowered reality of what the Father intends for each of our lives as we look to the interests of others before our own.

Where is our satisfaction found in life? Where do we go to rejoice? There is no limit to the imagination when answering these questions. Even churches seem to have more than one answer. Yet whether it is the love of self or the love of vital theology concepts, the Bible says that all fall short compared to Jesus Christ. Jesus is the great lost love of the world. And in this series titled "Rejoicing in Christ" we will simply be spending time looking at him.

This week we are looking at Hebrews 2:5-13. Our passage once again has us looking at Psalm 8, a psalm we are becoming familiar with, and wondering, 'Who will reign over the new world?' Though humanity has fallen far short of God's intended glory in the Garden of Eden, Jesus has not. Through humbling himself to be a man and suffering death on our behalf, he has become the perfect captain of our salvation. He is crowned now in glory and will reign in the new world—a glory and a reign that we share in grace and faith.