God, by his grace, has given us, his church, the responsibility to use the power and authority of Christ to break into the darkness and make the love of Jesus known to all.

(Ephesians 3:1-13)

God’s mission is to seek those who are separated from him, reconcile them to himself through Christ, and to unify them all together in the body of Christ – the Church.

God sees us as his handiwork: he took that which was worthless, transformed it through the work of Christ, and now wants to use us to accomplish his purpose, for his glory and honor.

God sees us as his handiwork: he took that which was worthless, transformed it through the work of Christ, and now wants to use us to accomplish his purpose, for his glory and honor.

(Ephesians 2:5-10)

Paul reminds us of where we came from — dead in our sins and deserving of God’s wrath — and how we were able to receive new life in Christ.

In Christ we have a hope to which we are called, we are the riches of God’s glorious inheritance, and we have God’s incomparably great power at our finger tips.

If God chose us from the foundation of the world, we can be sure he will complete what he’s started in us. We can also live with assurance because he has guaranteed us an inheritance with him sealed by the Holy Spirit.