Well…for the Wolf group we have finished the 8 weeks of study but we are certainly not ‘done’. This group has been so encouraging and excited about the community, the discussion and just plain ol’ sweet fellowship that they want to stay connected. We plan to get together again and spend time eating (of course) and sharing our lives in community.
It’s been a challenging passage each week, however these past 3 were especially piercing and seemed to open the flood gates of conversation. No one could walk away without come kind of challenge for their own life. God was confirming that these struggles, difficulties, pain and suffering are all things that He can work out for His good if we love Him. These things are light in comparison and God can handle what ever is happening. Not a week goes by that we are not reminded of the battle that is being waged for people and the destruction the enemy tries to bring. Praise God, we are more than conquerors.
We met on Monday rather than our usual Wednesday due to a schedule conflict and everyone was able to attend our last small group gathering.
We sort of worked our way backward through the material this time, looking over the last questions first in order to see how all the wonderful truths in verses 31 thru 39 are made true because of the truth of verses 28 thru 30.
As believers we have encouragement and hope that God will freely give us all things, that we are not condemned, that we are more than conquerors and that nothing will be able to separate us from the love that is in Chris Jesus our Lord – and all this is true because, as believers, we have been called, foreknown, predestined, justified and glorified.
Salvation is the gift of God. A believer is saved by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus alone.
We then had a passionate yet cordial conversation surrounding the meaning of such biblical teachings as being called, being foreknown and being predestined.
We were not all in agreement as to how these terms should be understood, though we all agreed that salvation is the gift of God, and for that we are all thankful.
For Christians, all things really do work to
gether for what God considers to be good and absolutely nothing can separate us from His love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!
Well…for the Wolf group we have finished the 8 weeks of study but we are certainly not ‘done’. This group has been so encouraging and excited about the community, the discussion and just plain ol’ sweet fellowship that they want to stay connected. We plan to get together again and spend time eating (of course) and sharing our lives in community.
It’s been a challenging passage each week, however these past 3 were especially piercing and seemed to open the flood gates of conversation. No one could walk away without come kind of challenge for their own life. God was confirming that these struggles, difficulties, pain and suffering are all things that He can work out for His good if we love Him. These things are light in comparison and God can handle what ever is happening. Not a week goes by that we are not reminded of the battle that is being waged for people and the destruction the enemy tries to bring. Praise God, we are more than conquerors.
See you all the 19th at Scotts.
We met on Monday rather than our usual Wednesday due to a schedule conflict and everyone was able to attend our last small group gathering.
We sort of worked our way backward through the material this time, looking over the last questions first in order to see how all the wonderful truths in verses 31 thru 39 are made true because of the truth of verses 28 thru 30.
As believers we have encouragement and hope that God will freely give us all things, that we are not condemned, that we are more than conquerors and that nothing will be able to separate us from the love that is in Chris Jesus our Lord – and all this is true because, as believers, we have been called, foreknown, predestined, justified and glorified.
Salvation is the gift of God. A believer is saved by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus alone.
We then had a passionate yet cordial conversation surrounding the meaning of such biblical teachings as being called, being foreknown and being predestined.
We were not all in agreement as to how these terms should be understood, though we all agreed that salvation is the gift of God, and for that we are all thankful.
For Christians, all things really do work to
gether for what God considers to be good and absolutely nothing can separate us from His love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!