Sep 19
We begin to understand what it looks like for us to elevate in order to have a lasting imprint. Through exalting Him, being edified, and being equipped, we can gather together and then scatter to serve the Church.
Scripture References
18.If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
23.For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24.For,
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,25.but the word of the Lord endures forever.”1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
And this is the word that was preached to you.
1.Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2.Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3.now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.4.As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5.you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6.For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”2:6 Isaiah 28:167.Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”2:7 Psalm 118:228.and,
“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”2:8 Isaiah 8:14
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.9.But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10.Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.11.Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12.Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
14.What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?
Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.