Church notes - 5th July 2020

7th July
1 Corinthians 2:9, 10

Acts 13:1 - 12

Communion
John 15:17
Isaiah 9:6
The Last Supper

He will always provide.
The best is yet to come.

Acts 13
The Church reaching out,

Barnabas and Paul. They and the others were of many cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Therefore those divides were being transcended.

Isaiah 49:6
A light for the Gentiles.
God initiated the missionary journey. To be a Christian is to be on mission.

They travelled across the entire island of Cyprus.

The Gospel is often seen as a threat. Elymas is a case in point. But what Paul said to him and about the Gospel lead to the Proconsul being saved.

Pisidian Antioch

Hardship and disappointment is inevitable, even when God calls you to a specific task.

Vs 38, 39
Everyone who believes will be justified, because of what Jesus did at the Cross.

We are forgiven and set free.

Luthor: The true word - We must be justified alone by faith without any contribution from the Law or our works.

In the Law, there is only condemnation.
To what extent has the assurance of justification by faith alone become the basis of our inner security with the Lord?

It is about what Jesus has done. He has achieved our justification.
Has this resulted in freedom from guilt and compulsive ways of trying to make ourselves right with the Lord by our own efforts?

We are loved and forgiven unconditionally.
Are we liberated from having win His approval and the acceptance of others?

Everyone needs the freedom of forgiveness in Jesus.

Galatians 5:1