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Sermon Notes -- October 26, 2008 (Click Read More for Sermon Notes)
Sermon Notes -- October 26, 2008 (Click Read More for Sermon Notes)
There is within this text the supposition that we are called to “birth” new opportunities through our Spirit filled living and working. As believers, we have been given the gift and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Paul writes of the current sufferings we endure with the simultaneous expectations of the future hope of redeemed bodies in a redeemed earth. This redemption is afforded through the one who liberates us from bondage. Christ as the first born Son of God is in essence
Peter is addressing the Christians who were scattered about the Roman Empire. In chapter one he writes that they are strangers in the world who have been “chosen for obedience” (1:2). Throughout the letter Peter encourages the believers to set themselves apart in holiness, to submit to governmental authorities, and the be willing to suffer even if it is suffering for doing good (
This is the story of Noah, a man who “found favor in the sight of the Lord” (Genesis 6:8, NRSV). Out of all the inhabitants of the earth, Noah and his family were the only ones that did right in the sight of the Lord. God was grieved that he had even created people. God decided to destroy by flood all humanity (and animals, creeping things, and birds –