Posts by C. C.
The pillars of this world
God’s kingdom is founded on his characteristics. These include justice, mercy, love and wisdom. Biblical instruction in our walking in the Spirit and producing the gifts that He bestows upon us speaks of this character of God. [Gal. 5:13-26] When we see these things, what we are looking at is a reflection of him, and…
Read MoreS208P9 – A new family: a new inheritance
1 Pet. 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who…
Read MoreS208P8 – A new family: a new home
Eph. 2:19-22 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple…
Read MoreS208P7 – A new family: the many faces of Christ
Gal. 3:26-28 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. They…
Read MoreS208P6 – A new family: to regard and exalt
1 Tim. 5:1-2 Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity. We walked to school together for about a year during grade school. He lived around the corner from me, and I cannot recall how the…
Read MoreS208P5 – A new family: a new grace
Mt. 18:21-22 Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.” When I was a child, I was like most…
Read MoreEverything we really have
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-erszz-15911d4 Where do we hang our hope? Who do we seek in our need? What fuels us to face our days with purpose and honor? What gives us our sustenance and support? Is there not one place, one person to fulfill all these? Do we not already have all we need in him and his…
Read MoreS208P4 – A new family: prepare for betrayal
Mk. 13:11-13 But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and…
Read MoreS208P3 – A new family: the rules of engagement
Mt. 18:15-17 Moreover, if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that “by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be…
Read MoreS208P2 – A new family: joined by experience
1 Pet. 5:8-9 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. We all know people who share…
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