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Who is more than just an escort !

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Many churches use a specific Bible verse as a Trinitarian benediction because it mentions Jesus Christ, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit together in a single blessing. However we have a great encouragement through this passage which strengthen our faith in the living God and specially the relationship with His sent, mighty holy spirit. 2 Corinthians 13:14, the final blessing in Paul's second letter to the Corinthians says: "May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all" 2Cor 13:14 Our key phrase here is "the fellowship of the Holy Spirit". The Greek word behind "fellowship" is κοινωνία (koinōnia), which can mean: •fellowship •communion •participation •sharing •partnership So the idea is richer than merely having the Holy Spirit present. Paul is praying that believers experience communion, partnership, and close participation with the Holy Spiri...

Aki több, mint egy egyszerű kísérő!

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Számos egyház egy adott bibliai verset használ háromságos áldásként, mivel az egyetlen áldásban együtt említi Jézus Krisztust, Isten Atyát és a Szent Szellemet. Ez a szakasz azonban nagy bátorítást jelent számunkra, amely megerősíti hitünket az élő Istenben, és különösen a kapcsolatunkat az Ő által elküldött, hatalmas Szent Szellemmel. A 2. Korinthusbeliekhez írt levél 13:13-ban, Pál második levelének záró áldásában ez áll: Az Úr Jézus Krisztus kegyelme, az Isten szeretete és a Szentlélek közössége legyen mindnyájatokkal! 2Kor 13:13 A kulcsszó itt a „Szent szellemmel való közösség”. A „közösség” kifejezés mögött álló görög szó a κοινωνία (koinōnia), amelynek jelentései a következők lehetnek: • közösség • összetartozás • részvétel • megosztás • társulás Tehát ez az elképzelés/látás gazdagabb, mint pusztán a Szent Szellem/ Szentlélek jelenléte. Pál azért imádkozik, hogy a hívők közösséget, társulást és szoros részvételt éljenek meg a Szent ...

Treasures - Provided

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I have provided for the House of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, besides great quantities of onyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones and marble. 1 Chron 29:2

The Kingdom transforms

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{grace, community, kingdom and love} an extract from Simon Elliott’s sermon Everyday Church Wimbledon ... Grace ... Based on Christ's performance on the cross as an expression of God's grace, God's riches at Christ's expense. Grace is not cheap. It costs God everything. And grace does not make us passive. Grace enables us to say no to ungodliness. Obedience has not got me into the presence of God, but grace births in me obedience. I can now love God because I was first loved by God . I can now pursue holiness, not because it qualifies me, but because I have been qualified by grace, and therefore I can live out the good of grace in my life. And praise the Lord, I'm not called to do that alone. Community Yes, I walk in step with the Holy Spirit, so I'm at that level, never alone, but I'm also called to be part of a community. God is community, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God created out of community. We're told the Father ...

Our status in Christ Jesus

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According to the apostle Paul in his letter for Ephesians As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us , God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not...