Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without…

How do we maintain hope as we await the future restoration?

Because the fulfillment of God's promises are in the future, we must learn to have a forward looking faith.

If God is all good and all powerful, why does he allow bad things to happen? I want to start off by distinguishing between suffering and difficulty. I am talking about suffering today, not difficulty. Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean that you are suffering. You may be straining, you may…

Introduction Have you ever been in a contract with someone? I am referring to a binding contract with each other. Maybe it was for a job that you have agreed to complete. A product that you agreed to pay for. I am reminded of the time as a teenager, my dad would take me out on one of his many sales ventures.…

Introduction: We are still in our series “Only Human” and we have been asking the question “What does it mean to be human.” This is a crucial question. How we answer this question personally, socially, and politically will determine the course of our lives. And there is no place where this question is…

Our Scripture lesson this morning is just two verses. Once again we focus on Ruth’s profession of faith found in Ruth 1 . But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your…

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof…

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold,…

New Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Of course the most popular verses in the Scripture concerning the finished work of Christ is 2 Corn 5:17 If anyone is “in” Christ The term “in” here denotes a state of being,…

Moses meeting with the LORD on Mount Sinai has been given details for the clothing of both Aaron and his sons, clothing that reflect the glory and beauty of the Lord and appropriate for Their ministry to God and for Israel. Now Aaron and his sons must be prepared spiritually for the service they will…

God’s creation, spoilt by sin, will one day be completely renewed. The old order will pass away and a new everlasting order established.

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping…

Scripture identifies the pre-existent Jesus Christ as involved in the work of creation, and relates this to his work in redemption, by which a new creation is brought out of the ruins of the old.

Lifes trials are difficult, but one day, God’s people will realize that it was worth it all, when we see Jesus in the new heaven, new earth and new Jerusalem!

The Presiding Reign of Christ Introduction: This is the final sermon in this short series on the deity of Christ. We have discussed the promise of the coming Christ as well as the presence and the presented work of Christ. We have discussed how important it is to fully understand the deity of Christ…

The New Jerusalem! The forever, unbroken place where God dwells with His people! It is a marvelous thing to live in the sure hope of God's promise to save His people. Until that day, though, we live life in the here and now. The Lord saves us, and enables us to rejoice even in our sufferings in the here and now, which ultimately produce in us the confident expectation that the Lord who promises salvation to His people will perform it! Join the Grace United crew as we marvel at what waits ahead for His people living forever in the New Jerusalem.

3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. How beautiful creation must have been. That explosive and wonder creative energy. The beauty of it all. out of nothing an explosion of color and activity. Of songs and scents.. Out of nothing came everything. the…

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