Who is this Jesus?
 
John 1:1-5
 
In the Bible, the Book of John is significant. John claims to be the disciple that Jesus loved, but he is also the son of Salome, Mary's sister, making him Jesus' cousin.
 
John tells the story of Jesus from the perspective of the God-man that was Jesus, 100% God and 100% man. It is through this hypostatic union of God and man that Jesus could be the propitiation for our sin.
 
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Faith through Trials

James 1: 1-4

Israel that had been dispersed among the Greeks. What he is telling them flies in the face of what they thought the Messiah was to do when He came. They were expecting a conqueror that would restore Israel and crush its enemies. Instead, Jesus brought in a different kind of Kingdom. Not one of this world, but one of another, an invisible Kingdom that would eventually overcome, not overtake the world.

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Matching Gifts to Grace (I Cor 12: 7-11)

The Key to understanding the nature of spiritual gifts is to understand   

Each gift should exhibit or cause to exhibit  one aspect of Spiritual Fruit; love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, goodness, and /or self-control.

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Grace as the basis for Gifts
 
Romans 12
 

 

 
Paul goes on to tell us that we are not to be conformed to the pattern of the world. We should be transformed by the renewing of our minds, during testing, that we may discern what the will of God truly is and what is good and acceptable to Him. To do this we must be prepared to face things that are not pleasant, and learn from them. Your suffering is... Read More

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Unity in Diversity: The Purpose of the Spiritual Gifts

Ephesians 4

Paul tells us that the grand purpose of a Christian's walk individually and corporately is to promote spiritual unity and peace (shalom). The entire church is a representation of one body; the body of Christ and as such should act in a coherent and unified fashion. Ego's and individual personalities that have to have attention are antithetical to and look ridiculous in the functi... Read More

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