[Sunday] Constant Christmas - Missio Dei
Questions for the week
Describe a time when you’ve misunderstood Jesus or a teaching of His.
If someone were to ask you “Who is Jesus?”, how would you answer?
Read Matthew 16:13-20. How does Peter appear to get it all correct but also get it all wrong about Jesus at the same time?
How does knowing that Jesus came even for “the Peters” of the world, give you hope?
What Had happened at Grace this week.
Though spiritual gifts can be as confusing as an Icelandic sign, Paul unveils that they are not for individual showmanship, but for a selfless love that makes the entire body whole.
A dispute over food sacrificed to idols ultimately reveals that Christian freedom is not for boasting, but for humbly building up others through love.
Instead of treating the body as a means for selfish gain, Paul's message points to a greater purpose where our bodies are made into a holy dwelling for God himself.
Amidst the noise of sin and the inevitability of death, Paul's final revelation is that Christ's resurrection is the event that transforms chaos into a unified, new, beautiful life.