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In Christ, the dividing walls between people come crashing
down. The Church is one new humanity, built together on Christ as the
cornerstone.
Our testimony is this: we were dead in sin, but God made us alive in Christ. Salvation is not something we earn or achieve; it is God’s gift of grace from beginning to end. In Christ, we are raised to new life, seated with Him in victory, and sent out as His workmanship to walk in the good works He has prepared for us.
Paul isn’t praying that we’d get more blessing, he’s praying that our eyes would be opened to see what we already have in Christ.
In Christ, we are no longer spiritual orphans—wandering, unwanted, or unsure of who we are. God chose us before the foundation of the world, adopted us into His family, redeemed us through the blood of His Son, and sealed us with His Spirit. Our identity is not found in abandonment or uncertainty but in the unshakable reality that we belong to Him forever.
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The life of Judas Iscariot is both a warning and an invitation. We are warned to avoid disillusionment and dishonesty, and we are invited to experience restoration when we inevitably do fail.
In the biblical narrative of James the Lesser, we come to realize that God desires faithfulness over fame. God sees us and our faithfulness matters, even when our efforts are not noticeable.
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We see in Simon the Zealot’s story that Jesus calls us into one family. As we become citizens of the Kingdom of God, we purge our false saviors and walk into a new identity in Christ.
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In John 20, Thomas struggles with doubt, but we see Jesus meet him where he is. Thomas’s honest question to Jesus eventually becomes the seedbed for his courageous faith!
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When we look into the life of Thaddaeus Judas, we see that we don’t need to be famous to have Kingdom impact – we just need to be faithful.
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Christ comes to save the lost and hurting. The one person for whom Christ can do nothing is the person who thinks there is no need.
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