Taught by Grace

We grow as Christians from infancy to adolescence to adulthood to fatherhood. This is the process of growing up in the family of God. We must go through each of these stages and at each stage we play an integral role within the local church. Little children, young men, and fathers are all essential to the health of every church!

Those who have been saved by grace will be identified with three attributes. Obedience, Christlikeness, and love should define our lives as Christians! We can be assured of our salvation by examining what God has said should be true about those who are in Christ.

There is grace for the Christian when He sins and it is found in the sufficiency of Jesus Christ! He pleads for us by His righteousness and through His substitutionary death on the cross.

This week's edition is a special thanksgiving episode! True thanksgiving resides and flows out of the heart that remembers what God has done. The message of this Psalm is to remember who God is and what He has done. Consider His glorious power and marvelous work in your life and you will be thankful!

Walking in the light requires that we have a biblical view of sin. It begins with gazing upon the nature of God. You must see who God is, then you will be able to live for His Glory!

The book of First John is a primer on true Christianity. God reveals in this book how a Christian is to live. Today we dive into the first two episodes as part one of our study on walking in the light from chapter one. This episode launches us out into our study of the book of First John!

The basis of true forgiveness is found in Jesus Christ. It is essentially impossible to forgive someone wholly when you do not do so in the grace of Christ. We must know His grace and demonstrate it to others!

There are three roles taken in this account of reconciliation. Onesimus had to return, Philemon had to receive, and Paul had to reconcile. This week, we look at Paul’s plea for forgiveness and see how these roles are played out in our lives as well.

Philemon is a book rich in truth about the gospel and forgiveness. This week, we take the first step in journeying through this book by examining the character of Philemon. This character should be every Christian’s desire!

Isaiah was a man that followed and loved God, but he still needed to be transformed by His glory. In this week's episode, we see how God transforms our lives by allowing us to gaze upon His glory and holiness. It is when we see who He really is that we see who we are and then can serve Him more fully!