Series: As If The Heart Matters
As If Belonging Matters (The Gathering)
September 15, 2024 | Rev. Laura Parker
Passage: Ephesians 2:1-10
Series Information
God's fundamental tool for repairing relationships and repairing the world is a kind of promise called a covenant. The Bible tells us of many different kinds of covenants: covenants with individuals people, covenants with nations, covenants with the whole of creation. Each covenant is a promise from God, and when we say that God is faithful, we mean that God will keep every promise.
There are three promises that God offers to every person, without exception:
- Calling
- Belonging
- Transformation
The older name for these promises are prevenient grace, justifying grace, and sanctifying grace. In this four-weeks series, we explore how these eternal gifts of God can make a real and present difference for us today. God's heart goes so far beyond reciting empty doctrines or offering begrudging obedience, God wants us to live wholeheartedly, and He promises to share everything we need to make that happen.
