Marvin Bryant

Cooperating with God’s Purpose as per Ephesians – 7

Make Every Effort. In this series of posts we’ve noticed that God’s purpose according to Ephesians is to reconcile the people of the world to himself and to each other and to do it in Christ. God calls us to cooperate with his purpose, based on all he has done for us. Some ways ofContinue reading “Cooperating with God’s Purpose as per Ephesians – 7”

Cooperating with God’s Purpose as Per Ephesians – 6

Attitudes that Promote Unity. God is seeking to reconcile the people of the world to himself and to each other. He calls us to cooperate with his purpose, but we do not and cannot do this independently of him. Instead, we cooperate based on what he has done for us (see post). We are nowContinue reading “Cooperating with God’s Purpose as Per Ephesians – 6”

Cooperating with God’s Purpose as Per Ephesians – 5

The specific things we do to cooperate with God’s purpose for unity are based on the things he has already done for us.

Cooperating with God’s Purpose as Per Ephesians – 4

For us to have unity, we must have love–authentic, Christian love.

Cooperating with God’s Purpose as Per Ephesians – 3

One important way of cooperating with God’s purpose of unifying the world is to remember where you’ve come from.

Cooperating with God’s Purpose as Per Ephesians – 2

Christ. In the previous post (here) we noticed that God’s purpose according to the book of Ephesians is to reconcile everyone and everything to Himself and to each other. Today’s post will begin exploring a number of things Ephesians says will contribute to bringing all things together as one. The first, and most important, isContinue reading “Cooperating with God’s Purpose as Per Ephesians – 2”

Cooperating with God’s Purpose as Per Ephesians – 1

Are you cooperating with God’s purpose in the world? Can you state clearly what his purpose is? Ephesians has much to say about this.

The Good News Told in Acts-10

Telling the good news told in Acts today.

The Good News Told In Acts – 9

Summation. We have now explored seven longer summaries of evangelistic messages in Acts plus some seventy, one-line summaries. All these passages are extremely valuable for training us to share the good news with others. Though the gospel is summarized multiple times to Christians in the letters in the New Testament, these passages in Acts areContinue reading “The Good News Told In Acts – 9“

The Good News Told in Acts – 8

Short Summaries of the Message. In this series we have explored seven passages in Acts that give us long or medium length summaries of the message the apostles spoke to non-Christians. These Spirit-inspired summaries give us divine guidance about the good news we should speak to non-Christians. Before summarizing these summaries and drawing some conclusions,Continue reading “The Good News Told in Acts – 8”