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The Communion of the Saints
As I prepared today for Sunday, I was studying the communion of the saints. What is the communion of the saints? It is the Spirit-created and empowered fellowship of all true believers who are united together in love by their union with Christ. They have spiritual, but tangible communion with one another as they tangibly share in corporate worship, use spiritual gifts, live together with Christian graces, share material goods and talents with one another, and speak gospel truth into one another's lives for mutual edification.
The Missional Challenge of Change
Recently, we have been studying The Church That Love Builds: What Jesus Wants to Love us into as Individuals and a Community. Over the past couple weeks, we have looked at the Mission of the church and spoken of what it means to be a “missional” church. It's why we exist; but it is far from easy because it involves change and it involves renewed focus.
Why Jesus' Kingship is Good News for Rebels...
In the opening of our series on the Church that Love builds, we saw a breath-taking glimpse of how Jesus loves the church as our prophet, priest, and king. We saw how Jesus came as the perfect prophet who reveals God to us and speaks to us as God. This is good news for it brings truth into our lives that provides real direction and wisdom.