๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ฃ
โข What are some characteristics you look for in a friend? Why are these important to you?
โข What does an ideal relationship look like for you in your family or with your friends?
โข What are the non-negotiables in your life? Why do they matter to you?
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๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ; ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ. ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฏ:๐ญ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ฐ
Our Statement of Faith summarizes the twelve essential doctrines that we believe and teach in our church, which are based on the word of God. It is the basis of why we do the things we do and the non-negotiables when it comes to our faith. The Statement of Faith also helps us understand the overarching story of the gospel in the Bible.ย
In the next few weeks, we will be going through six of the twelve articles, starting with the most importantโGod. God is the anchor of our faith and He exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each person has a distinct role, but all are God and co-exist in a harmonious, perfect relationship with each other. Today, letโs look at a blessing from the apostle Paul that shows the different roles fulfilled by each person of the Trinity.ย
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ช๐จ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ. ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฏ:๐ญ๐ฐ
(Read also ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ:๐ญ๐ฐโ๐ญ๐ณ.)
The grace of Godโundeserved merit and favorโis fully expressed in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He is full of Godโs grace and also the way by whom we receive grace through faith. Jesusโ life, death, and resurrection bring us salvation as a free gift. By walking on earth as a human, Jesus is a reminder that God is not far from us. He is heavily concerned and involved in our lives, providing grace for us to live the kind of life God wants for us. How have you experienced the grace of God through Jesus Christ in your life?
๐ฎ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ. ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฏ:๐ญ๐ฐ
โ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ฃ,ย ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.โย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฏ:๐ญ๐ฒ
As sinners, we all justly deserve to experience eternal destruction. However, because God loves us, He doesnโt want us to perish, but instead have an eternal relationship with Him. His love for us is the reason He sent Jesus Christ to live and die in our place, thus accomplishing both His love and justice. Jesus is the ultimate expression of Godโs love for usโHe is the means by which we can receive forgiveness and eternal life, and have a relationship with God. What are the other ways by which God shows His love to you each day?
๐ฏ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ. ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฏ:๐ญ๐ฐ
(Read also ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ตโ๐ฎ๐ฌย and ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ฒ.)
Because of Godโs love and grace through Jesus, those who put their faith in His Son are cleansed. Now, we can be His vessels, we become part of the body of Christ, and our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the presence of God within and among His people. His presence enables us to have a deep fellowship with God because He is not someone who is far off, but near and always with us. His presence is a continuous experience and reminder of Godโs grace, love, and power in our lives. His presence encourages us and binds us together as the body of Christ. What does the fellowship of the Holy Spirit mean for the fellowship within the church, the body of Christ?
While knowing more about the Trinitarian nature of God is important, our human capacity to know Him is still limited. This only shows how vast and great our God is. We are to worship Him because of who He is. Even though we canโt fully know the mysteries of God, we can walk with Him, trusting that in Him, we are fully known and fully loved.ย
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โข What about the Trinity do you struggle understanding the most? Pray that God would give you wisdom to know Him more each day.
โข What is something you can start doing to spend more time with God and His word?
โข The Trinity is a perfect example of relationship in God Himself. Pray for the grace to nurture godly relationships in your life, and that you would choose unity in the church amidst challenges.
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โข Pray that as you know more about God, He would reveal Himself to you distinctly as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
โข Thank God that He fulfills our every need in His Triune natureโthrough His love, grace, and fellowship.
โข Pray that the Trinity would be the foundation in which relationships in church would be built upon.