Wednesday January 12.2022

Eph 4:1-13

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love, 3 being diligent [making every effort] to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But to each one of...

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Tuesday January 11, 2022

There has long been a phenomenon that we call tribalism. The word comes from the Latin term tribus which simply means "three." The Romans looked at their history and saw that there were three different ethnic groups that fought with one another and eliminated any hope a peaceful society and economy. They called the idea of identifying with one clan over another as tribus. In modern times, tribalism is the idea that people will identify with others who look like them or behave like them while rejecting others who are different. It must be...

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Sunday January 9,2022

Eph 4:11-13

And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ.

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Thursday January 6, 2022

Eph 4:11-13

And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the...

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Wednesday, January 5. 2022

These verses unfold to us three main conceptions:

1) The goal of the church's life (vs. 13).

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Eph 4:1-6

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love, 3...

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Sunday January 2. 2022

[I ran a planetarium for a summer when I was in college. It was one of the coolest experiences of my life... I'm going to read you these wonderful passages from the Psalms because you and I in the Salem OR area are going to have to imagine it. We're getting 2 inches of rain today. If you're listening and have clear skies, and find yourself up after midnight, find the Big Dipper, look just below it, and be patient. Think of our Creator Father, Son, and Spirit and be patient, just like They instruct us. It's legit to make a wish, as long as it is His will. For us in OR, the meteors will be there in the heavens, like our Lord Jesus, but we won't see them or Him.]

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Thursday December 23, 2021

Just a couple of more things to say about the gift of exhortation and we'll move on and complete the story of spiritual gifts. Listen and know that you are on your way to losing yourself in Christ. It's going to take time, a long time, and others are going to help you along the way. Be patient and find the path of enjoying the ride even though you are not quite what you need to be to fulfill all that God has blessed you with.

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Wednesday December 22,2021

"The conduct of the Christian is to be determined by the fact that he is in Christ. "If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation" (2Co 5:17). That must set its mark on all of his life, on all that he does or allows. But to be in Christ is to be a member of the body of Christ. A member without connection with the body would be nothing. It is a member only in relation to the body and its other members. It has its existence only by the fact that it is incorporated in the body and has its special function therein." [Anders Nygren, Commentary on Romans]

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Tuesday December 21, 2021

Summary of all the remaining spiritual gifts:

What we will do is look at brief descriptions of the spiritual gifts that are thought by most theologians and writers from our camp to be permanent for the church. We will not be delving into the gifts that we believe to be...

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