TLC tender love and care in koinonia is God being through us. TLC comes from God our Father, his Son Messiah Jesus and the Holy Spirit. When we walk worthy of God’s calling, we participate in tender love and care. We thrive in rich interpersonal relationships, mutuality and interdependence with our family and with other brothers … [Read more…]
HOUSE to HOUSE is up on the web again thanks to Tony and Felicity Dale. The introduction from the website is: As we go through this global pandemic, the way we do church has had to change. House2House is a resource to equip the body of Christ when small or online groups are the only … [Read more…]
Bask in God’s spiritual light. New creature in Christ, child of God our Father, heir of salvation, brother or sister in the Lord, saint—holy one made holy by the blood of the Lamb, hear what the Holy Spirit says to you. God called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Bask, delight, take pleasure, enjoy, … [Read more…]
Close relating was once the norm in the Messiah’s body. Messiah’s followers were family, friends and neighbors. They often gathered for a meal or for the Lord’s Supper in each other’s homes. They were face to face across the table and spoke highly of the Messiah with one an other, shared their lives, hugged and … [Read more…]
The power of God’s grace is revealed in Zechariah 4:7, during the building of the Second Temple. “Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.” Back in 1834 Albert Barnes provided the most profound insight … [Read more…]
Our working together in one another ministry worthy of the calling is God’s doing. In Ephesians 1 thru 3, Paul shows God’s doing—the blessings God blessed us with in Messiah Jesus. Now, in view of God’s doing, Paul shows us our doing is God’s being thru us in Ephesians 4 thru 6. He begins by … [Read more…]
Jews and Gentiles were divided by a wall of enmity until they were made one in Christ. The Ephesian church was mostly Gentile. Jews had an ingrained prejudice against them. It was rooted in their heritage as the circumcised, which the Gentiles did not share. The Jews were God’s people Israel and had God’s covenants. … [Read more…]
Marriage harmony is glorious. To walk worthy of God in marriage takes help from God our Father, Messiah Jesus His Son and the Holy Spirit. When our marriage is harmonious, it brings glory to God. In just 11 verses, Paul sets forth the role of the wife and husband. 22 Married women, submit to your … [Read more…]
Sticking together as God’s new creatures walking in this world is through the blessing God has blessed us with, which help each one of us in our sticking together with one another. God fits us together in the unity of the Spirit. “There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called … [Read more…]
Spiritual wickedness is displayed in the lifestyle of some among us in our gatherings before God. Paul tells us to put the wicked out of our fellowship. In my previous post we saw God has already judged unbelievers, Paul tells us: “For what do I have to do with also judging those who are outside? … [Read more…]