Our amazing, adopting Father is continuing his saving work. He has children

scattered abroad. That is his mission.. and therefore.. that is ours.

In week 2 of our Vision series, we look at how, because of the gospel, God adopts us into his family. We now seek to live life together in light of the reality that God has provided for us as we walk in our new identity as his children.

The Gospel brings us to a new worldview. There is power and joy and peace found as we begin to see things as they are by the light of the gospel.

The eternal plan was for the Messiah to use his suffering to accomplish forgiveness and righteousness for all who would follow Him in order to bring them to Himself to experience and be part of the satisfaction of Christ.

In this second week of our Advent series, we look at how the promise of the messiah has been unfolding since the beginning of history and how Jesus was the perfect completion and fulfillment of all the promises of God.

We are all deeply in need of a Savior, Someone who will deal with our sin problem and restore us to fellowship with the Father. Jesus came to meet our deepest needs.

The salvation of God is far more extreme than we first thought. The darkness we were rescued from and the goodness of life under Jesus’ loving kingship are both far more significant than we first understand them to be. The depths of darkness and the heights of light make us appreciate and understand more of why only the blood of Christ could ever save us and did so powerfully.

Paul was confident in the authenticity of the Colossian church. Because of this he actively prayed for the believers of Colosse to know, understand and embrace God’s will, and in doing so would walk in a manner pleasing to the Lord. This life of bringing pleasure to the Lord would bear 4 ongoing marks.

As God welcomes us into his family through Christ, he promises us that he will lead us and guide us by his Spirit. Discerning God’s will for our lives starts with understanding who God is and what he is like. As we grow in the knowledge of God, we can increase in wisdom and understanding by his Spirit.

The grace of God is the central feature of the gospel that Paul preached. But it was not simply the grace that brings us to God. That is only the beginning of grace— the tip of the iceberg— the tip of the grace burg.