Sunday 01/03/16 Series: Living in the Kingdom XIII Message – Unified in Purpose IV Click here for the Video We are talking about being unified in purpose with God! The last two services we’ve looked at being unified in purpose by being filled with the knowledge of His will. Can anyone tell me HOW and WHY this is important when learning about being unified with God in purpose? The Knowledge of His Will – Where our purpose begins So, last Sunday we ended with Ephesians 1, where Paul prayed a prayer for the church of Ephesus that was very much […]
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Living in the Kingdom XII
Wednesday 12/30/15 Series: Living in the Kingdom XII Message – Unified in Purpose III Click here for the Video The Knowledge of His Will in the Kingdom We ended with Ephesians 1 last Sunday, where Paul prayed a very similar prayer over that church for the exact same reasons…”Ever since we heard of your faith in Christ and your love for all the saints do not cease to pray for you…”. What we see Paul praying is that these dedicated saints be filled with two predominate things… The knowledge of God’s will of their inheritance, which is Christ IN us! The […]
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Living in the Kingdom XI
Sunday 12/27/15 Series: Living in the Kingdom XI Message – Unified in Purpose II Click here for the Video Unified in Purpose II We began today by reading a few passages about our union with God and the stated purpose for that union. John 14:20-23, “At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. (21) He who has My commandments and (habitually) keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself […]
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Living in the Kingdom X
Wednesday 12/16/15 Series: Living in the Kingdom X Message – Unified in Purpose I Click here for the Video Union Though through the new birth we have been placed into a living union with and made like Christ spiritually, there are still some glaring differences. For example, He will forever be Creator and we will always be created – that is an insurmountable gap! He is Holy! The word Holy at it’s root simply means, “other than”, so this is a very good and simple description of God – He is the ultimate – “other than”. While our “likeness” to Christ is undeniable in […]
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Living in the Kingdom IX
Sunday 12/13/15 Series: Living in the Kingdom IX Message – Union II – The Perichoresis & the Kingdom Click here for the Video The Perichoresis – Perfect & eternal Unity Before there was ever an earth…before there was the first angel or a heaven in which for them to dwell there was the Godhead existing in perfect, unbroken unity. Before Cherubim and Seraphim could sing their praises, before the first pearly gate swung upon it’s hinges or the Father had a throne to sit upon – there was intimacy, true, pure and bottomless love, mutual admiration and deep penetrating respect flowing […]
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