Baptism is burying the old life in the watery grave and arising a new body in Christ. We should encourage instead of discouraging one that wants to be baptised and surround them in love as Christ did us whe we accepted Him.
One body,one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. most compelling is one hope that we will have an eternal home with our Lord and Father if we live our lives that is pleasing to the Lord and give Him all the glory and honor.
The church to me is not a building but the people that makes it up. We all come from different walks of life but when we worship our Lord and Savior together we are the church. We should welcome all into worship with us as God wants us to do with him.
His power is at work within us. immeasurably more. we don't try to grasp all that is set before us. His glory is fullfilled when we honor and give Him all the glory.
Throught their union with the exallted Christ, christians have been made beneficiaries of every spiritual blessings that belongs to and comes from the heavenly realm.
In verse 19 Paul plies term upon term to emphazie that the extraordinary divine force by which Jesus Christ was raised in verse 20 is the same power at work in and throught believers. The right hand is the symbolic place of highest honor and authority. IN his day many people believed not only in the existence of angels and demons, but also in that of other beings. Under his feet- Psalms 8:5-6 emphasizes the destiny of man, and Hebrew 2:6-9 shows that ultimately it is the Son of Man who rules over everything.
Praise God! My name is Dennis Hatlestad and I live in Oklahoma. This is my first on-line study and I really enjoyed it and looking for the next one to start. I'm involved in a prison ministry and we go three different prisons a month and I also do a jail ministry here at the county jail and I really enjoy doing all these things for the Lord and I have seen many miracles happen to inmates that has changed their lives. It's really wonderful to see one that you have worked with accept the Lord and are baptized. The name of our group is "Consumed" which is based on Hebrew 12:29, for our " God is a consuming fire." I pray that I will hear from some you and may God bless us.
When we look for something other than Christ we commit adultery. when we our eyes on Jesus and we do fall He is quick to forgive if we ask for it. television, doing secular things instead of doing what we should be. books instead of the bible.