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The gospel. “Good News”.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s kind of like a diamond, isn’t it? So many colours and sides, and yet always the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the youth skits<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Last Sunday, for example, our theme was love (because we’re starting a series on the fruit of the Spirit<\/a>). The youth did a couple of skits, teaching about the love of God as well as the love we should have for one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since this is our first Sunday on the fruit of the Spirit (we’ll be doing the series the first Sunday of every month), it was my privilege to talk a bit about the theme of the epistle to the Galatians – the theme of grace alone<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve also been enjoying our Sunday school series, on words related to salvation. Rod<\/a> recently taught on the theme of reconciliation<\/em> – another facet of the wonderful benefits of our salvation. This coming Sunday, I’m looking forward to teaching on imputation<\/em> – more about the mechanics of our salvation, maybe you could say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve certainly learned a lot in this series!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve been enjoying worship music on the theme, of course. And I’ve been meditating on the theme of salvation that shines through in the next passage of Daniel that I’ll be preaching on in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Time for some worship music (Sunday morning)
(Notice Nathanael on the ukulele!)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We’ll also be starting a study on Saturday evening which focuses quite a bit on our salvation. It’s a wonderful theme, that continues to change our lives day by day. Is it changing yours?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It reminds me of a graphic I made up when I was preaching in Jes\u00c3\u00bas Mar\u00c3\u00ada<\/a> about 7.5 years ago (wait – how long??<\/em>). On one side you can see repentance and faith. Our trust in Christ as Saviour is what God uses to save us – hence, faith alone<\/em>. But on the other side are the many facets of our salvation – adoption, mercy, inheritance, freedom, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I’m sure that there could be many more things on that side! And we can end up being very confused about salvation if we don’t start to learn about these things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please pray for us, that we may clearly and accurately share this wonderful Good News!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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