From the pastor

Colossians 1:15-18a — 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.…

Romans 8:29—29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Jesus Christ is God.  It is in His image that we were made and for His followers, it is in His image that they are being conformed.  This is our sanctification.  We call it by several…

Matthew 22:37- 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Jesus speaks the verse above in response to being asked which is the great commandment of the Law.  We know that God sees us as a whole person and that we cannot separate your mind, heart, and soul.  What your heart…

Ephesians 4:11-16 — 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we…

Matthew 6:25-34 – 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.…

Romans 6:4 – 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.   Baptism is a beautiful thing. Paul makes it clear that baptism does not save us. Faith alone (Sola Fide) saves us. Faith that is a gift of God’s grace —faith that…

Matthew 21:8-9—8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” What a sight that must have been to see Jesus at…

Revelation 20:12-15—12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them,…

Ephesians 6:13 – Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.  The same power that raised Jesus from the dead dwells inside of His followers—Romans 8:11. Paul continues in Romans 8 to say that since the Spirit dwells in us we are debtors to God to live by the Spirit and not by…

Hebrews 12:1 – Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is…