Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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He refreshes the weary
Today’s Sermon
The sermon for May 26th 2024 is now available on the New Life web site.
In this sermon, which is based on Acts 1:1-11, I talk about the Seven Power Dimensions of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
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Communal life is again being recognized by Christians today as the grace that it is, as the extraordinary, the ‘roses and lilies’ of the Christian life. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Communal life is again being recognized by Christians today as the grace that it is, as the extraordinary, the ‘roses and lilies’ of the Christian life. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Therefore, let him who until now has had the privilege of living a common Christian life with other Christians praise God’s grace from the bottom of his heart. Let him thank God on his knees and declare: It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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The millennium symbolically demonstrates the triumph of the allegiant witnesses: those who have suffered on account of the Jesus Christ witness will in the end rule universally and receive the special rewards promised to those who have paid the highest price (first resurrection, reign, escape from second death).Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett
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Similarly, the trumpet will sound, and we will depart to greet our royal King, not so that we might be raptured to heaven, but so that we can welcome and celebrate the return of the royal King to earth. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett
Reflection on Isaiah 62
Scripture
The nations will see your righteousness. World leaders will be blinded by your glory. and you will be given a new name by the Lord’s own mouth.
Observation
The nations will see the righteousness of Jerusalem. The leaders will be blinded by her glory. It will never again be called “The forsaken City”, but it will be called “The City of God’s Delight” and “The Bride of God.”
The Lord has sworn to protect Jerusalem. The citizens will raise the grain and they will eat it.
The Lord tells the people of Israel that their Saviour is coming. They will be called “The Holy People.”
Application
Collectively, we the church shine the glory and righteousness of God to the nations. You and I are glowing in the darkness of the world, pointing people to the salvation that comes in Christ
Even though we might not feel that important or that holy, the things that we do, the words we speak, and the decisions that we make all point to the glory of Jesus.
Yes we sin. All of us are works in progress. Our growth in God and the changes that He makes in our lives are a testimony to God’s grace.
God gives us all a new name, a new destiny. The name that God gives us speaks of that new destiny and the new character He is building in us. We are bound to Him by His love in a never-ending covenant.
Prayer
Lord, you are so good to me. Thank you for rescuing me from the kingdom of darkness and giving me a new name as your child. Amen.
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