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They Devoted Themselves | To The Apostles Teaching

They Devoted Themselves | To The Apostles Teaching

Each of these would represent a revolutionary approach of bringing together a diverse group of people with seemingly nothing else is coming other than faith in Jesus Christ. At the center of the church remained a devote focus on Jesus Christ and the Gospel of His work in creation and on the cross. At the center of the devotion came the teachings of those closest to Jesus Christ, the apostles. The church, in order to survive the tumultuous culture of the day would need a unified message and purpose surrounding them. The full teaching of the Apostles, rooting themselves in the Gospel, would equip and challenge the church to actively pursue the things of God and keep in step with the Spirit that resides within them and guides them.

Sabbath | Work and Rest

Sabbath | Work and Rest

God designed mankind to work in the same way that God designed mankind to rest and Sabbath. Both are vital to worshipping and glorifying God in the entirety of our lives. The two ditches the Christian faces push them to either be in a perpetual state of sabbath rest, something God did not intend, or a perpetual state of work, something that God equally did not intend. Instead, the one who follows God should find an equal emphasis on rest and work as God commands each to be done in a specific way. In each case, though, they are done as if we are doing them representing and working for the Lord.

Sabbath | Doing and Being

Sabbath | Doing and Being

By observing the Sabbath, we cease our doing and rest in our being, knowing that the love God has for us does not scaled with our productivity by remains constant regardless of our actions.

Sabbath | On The Seventh Day

Sabbath | On The Seventh Day

While absolutely necessary, it takes humility to sabbath rest. Yet, this humility is rooted, not in attempting to prove to ourselves that we have it within us, but rather to submit and worship the Lord through our willingness to become nothing in submission to the Lord.

Sabbath | The Humility of Rest

Sabbath | The Humility of Rest

While absolutely necessary, it takes humility to sabbath rest. Yet, this humility is rooted, not in attempting to prove to ourselves that we have it within us, but rather to submit and worship the Lord through our willingness to become nothing in submission to the Lord.

The Gospel of John | A Final Exhortation - John 17:1-26

The Gospel of John | A Final Exhortation – John 17:1-26

The glory of God is given to the Son who gives it to the church as His representatives through the Spirit within us.

The Gospel of John | Conquered The World - John 16:25-33

The Gospel of John | Conquered The World – John 16:25-33

Christ advocates for us, on our behalf, and secures the victory over all the world so that we can find our present hope in Him.

The Gospel of John | A Future Glory - John 16:16-24

The Gospel of John | A Future Glory – John 16:16-24

Our future hope in glory is in Jesus Christ for all eternity even though we may face difficulties now.

The Gospel of John | The Spirit's Conviction And Truth - John 16:1-15

The Gospel of John | The Spirit’s Conviction And Truth – John 16:1-15

Just as the world hates Jesus, we will be hated as we are in Christ. The Holy Spirit will empower our witness of the truth.

The Gospel of John | Christ Against The World – John 15:18-27

Just as the world hates Jesus, we will be hated as we are in Christ. The Holy Spirit will empower our witness of the truth.