28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[a] nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:28 ESV) Many seek today to be recognized as equal, if not seeking to be more than equal in the sight of society. But the...
Full Participation
15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. (Mark 16:15-16 ESV) Yesterday we talked about being involved in God’s mission to mankind. But if you are not built or called to be...
Involved
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8 ESV) How involved are you in the business of spreading God’s word? I know, the question puts you on the...
The Part Love Plays
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love,...
Your Fruit Should Abide
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. (John 15:16 ESV) Today’s scripture has some interesting turn of phrases that...