"Taking Steps of Faith"
Last week we began a 7-week series entitled "Taking Steps of Faith".
The text we observed was from II Corinthians 5 and we called the teaching "Walking by Faith" (from verse 7). In this text Paul shares with the church in Corinth that we walk by faith in the great Christian hope of resurrection. In essence, Paul states that these skeleton bones will be taking on a new body, a resurrected body, that will never know suffering and death again. Ezekiel alludes to this in Ezekiel 37. Paul goes further in his letter in saying that since we walk by faith in this great hope in the resurrected Christ, that we are now given the great joy and responsibility of bearing God's message of reconciliation. God, through his people sharing his Word, calls all people everywhere to be reconciled to him. And, subsequent to that, to be reconciled to one another. This is part of our walk of faith.
This week we will quicken the pace, and examine from the author of Hebrews what it means to RUN by faith. We are at a point in the life of our congregation where we need to honestly ask ourselves individually and as a community, what steps of faith Christ is calling us to as we carry forward God's message of reconciliation. May we come together Sunday ready to run...by faith...in Christ.
God's grace and peace to you!
Dave