In Person Worship
Morning Services start at 10:30 a.m. and must practice social distance and wear a mask. We have mask and hand sanitizer available.
No Sunday School or Evening Worship for now.
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- July 2021 - Glorious Freedom -
In Romans 8, Paul uses the phrase "the freedom and glory of the children of God"
to refer to both the present reality of God's children and a future in which hope
becomes realized and suffering is only a distant memory. This glorious freedom is
based on our relationship to our Father God as his children.
The opportunity of being God's child, as opposed to being a servant or slave, is an
invitation to a life of freedom. God's forgiven children are free from the
condemnation of sin (Romans 8:1-2). The power of canceled sin means that hell
no longer has a claim on our soul. We are free from sin and its eternal
condemnation.
We are free from slavery to sin as well, free to serve God joyfully. Complete
freedom is the ability to do whatever we want to do. This freedom occurs when our
hearts have been so changed by God that we follow the Holy Spirit and actually
desire to do what pleases the Father. Genuine freedom involves doing what we
were designed to do, being who we were created to be.
The wonderful combination of freedom and glory is the norm for believers who
have experienced the radical forgiveness of grace through Christ and are eager to
serve together with fellow sons and daughters of God in the Father's kingdom. |
