Tangible and Transformative

“Do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life. For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united in the likeness of his resurrection.” (Romans 6:3-5)

“Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.” (1 Corinthians 10:16-17)

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Human Being Itself

For us humans and for our
salvation, he came down
from heaven and by the
Holy Spirit was Incarnate
of the Virgin Mary and
became human being.
~ Nicene Creed

Whatever Reveals Christ is Gospel

 

That All May Enter His Glory

Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?” (Luke 24:25-26)

“Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.” (Hebrews 4:14-16)

The Father Has Given All Into the Hands of the Son

 

The Kingdom Drawing All

“Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all to myself.” (John 12:31-32)

“God made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment — to bring unity to all in heaven and on earth under Christ.” (Ephesians 1:9-10)

In Light of the Gospel

“For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.”
(Psalm 36:9)

“The True Light,
Who gives Light to everyone,
was coming into the world.”
(John 1:9)

An Announcement, Not An Argument

“Christ is risen from the dead,
Trampling death by death,
And on those in the tombs
Bestowing Life.”
Paschal Troparion

Because of Our Justification

The Father Has Sent the Son to Be the Savior

“And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.” (1 John 4:14)

The Only God the Gospel Knows

Christ is the Image of the Invisible God, in Whom all the Fullness of Divinity dwells in bodily form, and in Whom we are made complete and become partakers of the Divine Nature. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting our sins against us. (Colossians 1:18; 2:9-10, 2 Peter 2:4; 2 Corinthians 5:19)

Death Has Been Swallowed Up In Victory

The Gates of Hell have been destroyed.
The Strong Man has been bound.

“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death — that is, the devil — and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.” (Hebrews 2:14-15)

Believe the Life of Christ in You

Believe the life of Christ in you.

Faith Echoes Amen to God’s Yes

Christ is God’s Yes to us.

Faith echoes Amen.

The Judgment of God Sets Us Free

The judgment of God does not come to condemn us

but to restore us. Not to enslave us

but to set us free.

In the Reality of King Jesus

Discipleship is learning to live

in the reality of King Jesus.

Summed Up in Christ

All humankind is summed up in Jesus Christ,

in whom God became one with us

~ even in all our brokenness.

The Truth About Who You Are

You are created in the image of God,

and there is nothing you can do that could ever change that.

It is the truth about who you are.

Transformation by the Divine Fellowship

Salvation is not so much a matter of destination 

but of transformation by the divine fellowship 

of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The Last Word

Christ has died. Christ is risen.

Christ will come again.

Neither sin nor death

get the last word.