This week in class, (02/14/10-Happy Valentine's Day!), we looked at the next three items in our study:
- Transferred into God's Kingdom-2 Peter 1:11, with 2 implications; a) the Believer has been transferred out of the power of darkness according to Colossians 1:13, (Satan has no legal authority over the Believer any more), and b) 1 Thessalonians 2:12 tells us to "walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory."
- Citizen's of Heaven-Luke 10:20, Ephesians 2:19, and other Scriptures confirm this. We should keep in mind that we are actually foreigners here on Earth and focus more on the fact that Heaven is our true home.
- In the Family of God-1 Corinthians 3:9 and Ephesians 2:19, 20 were read to show us that the Believer is now part of God's household. In the context of "family," we talked about being heirs as found in Romans 8:17 and Ephesians 3:6. I asked the question, "Heirs to what?" I told the class that I wanted them to start thinking of God in a little different way. We think about God and His attributes and that is good and proper, but I wanted them to start thinking of God as a covenant-keeper. I explained to them that we, (Gentiles), are heirs to the spiritual promises of the unconditional, eternal covenants that God has already established and said that soon we will have a class on the 8 covenants of the Bible and explain which are conditional and which are unconditional and how they apply to us today. Stay tuned.....
I hope you have a blessed week.
Your Chrbrotherist
George
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