Love, agape love, love that, at its core, is passionate about sacrificing itself to benefit others, is what demonstrates to the world that we're Jesus disciples. But what does agape love look like in our lives, what does it do? Pastor David delves deeper into what it means to put on love above all the other qualities listed in Colossians 3, revealing what true and authentic agape loves does.
We've been exploring Colossians chapter 3 where it talks about how believers are to put on certain spiritual qualities. Today, Pastor David teaches on the most important quality, the quality that is to go on over top of all those other qualities and that wraps them all up together in perfect harmony - love.
Having worked through a step-by-step process for putting on the new self (aka, walking in step with the Spirit), Pastor David unpacks what the apostle Paul says next in his letter to the church at Colossae: there are two foundational ways of relating that every Spirit-filled church consistently and constantly lives out.
In Colossians 3 we're told to put on things like a compassionate heart, kindness, patience, etc. In Galatians 5 we told if we live by the Spirit, then we're to walk in step with the Spirit. Ok, I know I should, but how exactly? That's a question that often plagues believers. Pastor David explores how those two commandments are fundamentally similar, and shares a step-by-step process that will enable you to experience the incredible blessing God has in store as you put on those things, and walk in step with His Spirit.
Our spiritual life - our spiritual union with God - is found in Jesus, who has risen from the dead, ascended to the Father, and is right now seated at the right hand of His throne. Pastor David looks at what Scripture has to say about what that truth means for our spiritual life and how that's meant to impact our daily living.
All too often, eternal life is thought to be ongoing, unending, existence in heaven. What we picture is spending eternity enjoying things like mansions, gold streets, pearly gates, playing harps on clouds, and hanging out with our favorite people (and maybe our pets!). In his ongoing series on what spiritual life is, Pastor David exposes the problem with thinking about eternal life like that and digs into what Scripture has to say about what eternal life really is.
Is spiritual death best described as lifelessness or separation? When we're spiritually dead, are we like spiritual corpses or spiritual slaves? Does any of that really matter at all? Pastor David continues his series on Life in Christ, delving into what Scripture has to say about these questions and what impact that is meant to have in our living.
Ever been told you need to invite Jesus into your life, or have you been telling people to do that? Believers - we need to STOP saying that! Pastor David reveals why and what we need to be saying to people about Jesus and life.
The apostle John said that if we know we're going to see Jesus one day, then we're going to be getting ourselves ready for that. He was very specific about…