Spring 2025 Equip Class - Christians in the Workplace
Lesson Five: Faithfulness Changes Why We Work and Imaging Christ in the Workplace
Spring 2025 Equip Class - Job
Jesus makes it clear He’s the Son of God, the King, but people’s unbelief denied it. They taunted, mocked, beat, and crucified Him, expecting a display of power to prove His identity. But He’s a better King than we deserve. Rather than conquering His mockers, He died to provide their salvation. In His death, people doubted His identity, but God revealed that He truly is the King, the Son of God.
Spring 2025 Equip Class - Christians in the Workplace
Spring 2025 Equip Class - Job
We are all gripped by a good rescue story - like when God rescued Israel from slavery in Egypt. That rescue story points to the greatest rescue story of all. We consider the "Last Supper" before Jesus went to the cross. As Jesus keeps the Passover, remembering God's rescue of Israel, He teaches that His blood provides forgiveness and a future. King Jesus saves in the greatest rescue story of all.
Spring 2025 Equip Class - Christians in the Workplace
Who is Jesus? This may be the most controversial question in history. Answering that question makes an eternal difference. It's the question crowds asked after Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey, accompanied by fanfare fit for a king. The city was in a commotion, and everyone wanted to know - "Who is this?" He's the promised King. The people of Jerusalem failed to respond to Him the correct way.
Spring 2025 Equip Class - Christians in the Workplace
"To God be the Glory." Many Christians know these words and would quickly agree with these words. "Yes, I want to glorify God." But we fail to live that way. As Paul closes this rich letter about the gospel, He gives glory to God for the gospel. These closing verses remind us why it is so important that our lives - saved and shaped by the gospel - point all attention and praise to God, forever!
Spring 2025 Equip Class - Christians in the Workplace
"Say hello to Paul for me!" We send greetings like this through others to express love and to maintain a relationship. This is exactly what Paul does at the end of his letter to the Romans. But Paul's list of greetings teaches us more than polite conversation. There’s a strong sense of partnership and a deep bond of love. He warns them of those who would cause division and subvert sound doctrine.
Winter 2024-25 Equip Class - The End Is Just the Beginning: A Study in Eschatology
Winter 2024-25 Equip Class - Pursuing Peace
Lesson Twelve: Live out the gospel by overcoming evil with good
We tell ourselves we are committed to loving them because Jesus tells us to, but we excuse ourselves for not enjoying or caring for them. But in Paul's closing comments in Romans, we see the gospel transform believers’ relationships. Paul cares deeply for these believers, whom he's never met! Love for Jesus and the transformation of the gospel grows us supernaturally to love other believers.
We ask questions to catch up with friends. We want to know what they’re excited about. As Paul begins to close the book of Romans, he returns to "conversational" matters. But when Paul shares what he's excited about, it all revolves around what Jesus is doing through the spread of the gospel. This is Paul's passion, and it's clear that he believes it should be every Christian's passion too.
Winter 2024-25 Equip Class - The End Is Just the Beginning: A Study in Eschatology.