Since we have put on the “new humanity” in Christ, created to be like God, don’t live as if you are still enslaved under the power of your sinful nature, which corrupts and destroys the possibility of life with God.

Since we have put on the “new humanity” in Christ, created to be like God, don’t live as if you are still enslaved under the power of your sinful nature, which corrupts and destroys the possibility of life with God.

A life worthy of our calling is lived out of Paul’s prayer points and demands our attention, intention and renovation.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2084&version=NIV

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+73&version=NIV

Jesus Christ gives his grace, his Spirit, and people as gifts to equip his people for works of service so that the body of Christ is built up. Maturity is becoming like Christ.

The fullness of God dwells in us, his church, by his Spirit, empowering us to grasp and reveal his all-powerful love in Christ to all of creation

The fullness of God dwells in us, his church, by his Spirit, empowering us to grasp and reveal his all-powerful love in Christ to all of creation

There’s a supernatural reality behind Paul’s weak-looking Apostolic ministry and suffering which is of cosmic significance: God’s revelation of the mystery of Christ throughout the world, in order to reveal his manifold wisdom, through us the church, to the rulers in the heavenly realms. 

The cross of Christ overcame the Old Testament Law’s exclusion of Gentiles from the people of God, giving Jew and Gentile equal access to the presence of God and reconciliation by the one gospel of Jesus applied to each by the one Holy Spirit.