Big Church Words summary

Hey everyone! I hope for those of you who were on spring break, or had students on spring break this last week, were able to spend some time with your family (wherever it may have been) and friends.  I attempted to spend some extra time with my family this last week.  As most of you know, I took last week off for vacation for 2 reasons: spend some extra time with my daughters and to work on my final paper for my master’s program.  If you were wondering, no I did not get it finished, but I am well on my way.

 

This past week we finished up a sermon series titled “Big Church Words.”  I would like to give you a brief summary of the 7 big church words addressed and some of the scriptures that go with them.  If you missed any of the weeks and would like to hear that sermon, just go to www.westk.org and you can listen or download them to your podcasts.

 

7 Big Church Words:

JUSTIFICATION: process where guilty people are declared innocent.

(Romans chapters 2, 3, 7.  Also see 5:1 and 8:1)

 

SANCTIFICATION: process of having been made holy while also continually being made holy.

(Hebrews 10:10-14)

 

REDEMPTION: the act of buying back, or paying a price to return something to your possession.

(Galatians 4:5; Titus 2:14; Book of Hosea – specifically chapter 3)

 

REGENERATION: process of taking something that was dead and giving it new life.

(Ezekiel 37; Zechariah 3; John 3)

 

RECONCILIATION: Restoration of a broken relationship

(2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Ephesians 2; Colossians 1:21-23

 

ATONEMENT: satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury (the payment owed)

(John 3:17; Romans 3:23-25; 1 John 2:2 and 4:10)

 

LOVE: God is love

(Mark 12:30-33; Luke 6:32; John 14; Romans 5; 1 Corinthians 13; 1 John 4)

 

 

Upcoming – Starting this Sunday, we will be diving into 3 straight weeks of the “Prayer Warehouse: Praying like Jesus.”  That’s right, for the next 3 weeks we will be diving into John 17 as we look at Jesus’ high priestly prayer.  This will be a great series as we do a verse by verse walkthrough of John 17 and discover how we pray just like Jesus.

 

Then, starting in May, we will be going through a series called: “The Biggest Loser.”  Over the past few years, millions of viewers have been drawn to their television sets to watch this popular television show about weight-loss and drastic life change.  With summer soon approaching and many (including me) attempting to lose those extra pounds, we will be diving into 4 parables of Jesus that warn people not to be the ultimate biggest loser.  This is a series you don’t want to miss.  *Also, coinciding with this series, we will be having a friendly weight-loss competition for anyone who wants to participate.  There will be a biggest loser award for the person who loses the highest percentage of weight.  More details will be coming soon!