Last week was Easter and pastor Dwayne started with a 10 minute reflection on how well we know Jesus. It is followed with a message in the series "Why do we do what we do?" Is meeting together as church a case of life vs death, or is it optional for responsible Christians?
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Isaiah 28:16
16 So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed. 1 Peter 2:4-5|NIV 4 As you come to him, the living Stone — rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him -- 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:8-10|NIV 8 To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. Acts 17:28|NIV 28 'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.' Ephesians 2:6|NIV 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, |
John 14:12|NIV
12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. Ephesians 2:19-22|NIV 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Ephesians 4:11-12|NIV 11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up Exodus 29:42|NIV 42 "For the generations to come this burnt offering is to be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD. There I will meet you and speak to you; |