WHO ARE WE (1 OF 4)
by Jason Dees
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, Ephesians 4:11-15
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Who Are We (1 of 4)
Series: Table Talk
Jason Dees
2 Corinthians 5:17-21/Ephesians 4:11-15
Our Scripture Reading for Today comes from 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 in the ESV and Ephesians 4:11-15 and on that passage I am actually going to be reading from the NIV
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
17If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Ephesians 4:11-15
11 It was he (Jesus) who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.
I’m reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Leonardo da Vinci and it is really good. Of course Leonardo da Vinci was the true Renaissance Man, it was the Renaissance and all of these guys were truly fascinating. But one of the ideas that Leonardo da Vinci became fascinated with was the idea of a man being an analogy for the whole world, it’s what inspired one of Le ...
Series: Table Talk
Jason Dees
2 Corinthians 5:17-21/Ephesians 4:11-15
Our Scripture Reading for Today comes from 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 in the ESV and Ephesians 4:11-15 and on that passage I am actually going to be reading from the NIV
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
17If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Ephesians 4:11-15
11 It was he (Jesus) who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.
I’m reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Leonardo da Vinci and it is really good. Of course Leonardo da Vinci was the true Renaissance Man, it was the Renaissance and all of these guys were truly fascinating. But one of the ideas that Leonardo da Vinci became fascinated with was the idea of a man being an analogy for the whole world, it’s what inspired one of Le ...
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