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ONE IN CHRIST
Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ
Therefore,
remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands) —
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ,
excluded from citizenship in Israel and
foreigners to the covenants of the promise,
without hope and
without God in the world.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
For he himself is our peace,
who has made the two groups one and
has destroyed the barrier,
the dividing wall of hostility,
by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations.
His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two,
thus making peace,
and in one body to reconcile both of them to God
through the cross,
by which he put to death their hostility.
He came and preached peace to you who were far away and
peace to those who were near.
For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,
but fellow citizens with God’s people and
also members of his household,
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
In him the whole building is joined together and
rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
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Random photos from Speyer
Along the Rhine River 
Along the Rhine River 
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An Anchor for Life
(Being Still With God Every Day)
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul . . . where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever.
HEBREWS 6:19–20
A glance at the headlines of the daily newspaper . . . A reading of our own emotions . . . A look at our family . . . It doesn’t take much in this fast-moving, God-ignoring world to show us that we need an anchor for our lives.We find that anchor in Jesus.
Our hope for this life and for eternity lies not in ourselves but in Christ.
He is absolutely faithful to do what He has told us He will do—to forgive our sins, to guide our steps, to be with us always, and so much more.
God always fulfills His promises to us. Our confidence in the future is therefore rooted in Him.
In addition to being our anchor in this world, Jesus is also our “forerunner” for the next.
Forerunner refers to small boats that help larger ships enter a harbor by carrying their anchor into a safe place and thus preparing the way for the larger ship.
Jesus Himself precedes us into the harbor of heaven.
He carries the anchor of our hope that is His resurrection victory over sin and death, and He makes way for our eternal future.
No wonder the Christian is filled with such hope!
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Ask, Seek, Knock
““Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Matthew 7:7-8 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.7.7-8.NIV -
Die Allmacht des Gottessohnes, Jesus Christus.
“Der Sohn ist das Ebenbild des unsichtbaren Gottes, der Erstgeborene, der über der gesamten Schöpfung steht.
Denn durch ihn wurde alles erschaffen, was im Himmel und auf der Erde ist,
das Sichtbare und das Unsichtbare,
Könige und Herrscher,
Mächte und Gewalten.
Das ganze Universum wurde durch ihn geschaffen und hat in ihm sein Ziel.
Er war vor allem anderen da, und alles besteht durch ihn.
Und er ist das Haupt der Gemeinde, das Haupt seines Leibes.
Er ist der Anfang ´der neuen Schöpfung, der erste, der von den Toten auferstand, denn ´nach Gottes Plan soll er in allem den ersten Platz einnehmen.
Ja, Gott hat beschlossen, mit der ganzen Fülle seines Wesens in ihm zu wohnen und durch ihn das ganze Universum mit sich zu versöhnen.
Dadurch, dass Christus am Kreuz sein Blut vergoss, hat Gott Frieden geschaffen.
Die Versöhnung durch Christus umfasst alles, was auf der Erde, und alles, was im Himmel ist.
Auch ihr seid darin eingeschlossen.
Früher lebtet ihr fern von Gott, und eure feindliche Haltung ihm gegenüber zeigte sich an all dem Bösen, was ihr getan habt.
Doch jetzt hat Gott euch mit sich versöhnt durch den Tod, den Christus in seinem irdischen Körper auf sich nahm.
Denn Gott möchte euch zu Menschen machen, die heilig und ohne irgendeinen Makel vor ihn treten können und gegen die keine Anklage mehr erhoben werden kann.
Voraussetzung dafür ist, dass ihr euer Leben auch weiterhin fest und unerschütterlich auf das Fundament des Glaubens gründet und euch durch nichts von der Hoffnung abbringen lasst, die Gott euch mit dem Evangelium gegeben hat.
Ihr habt diese Botschaft gehört; es ist die Botschaft, die überall in der Welt verkündet worden ist und in deren Dienst Gott mich, Paulus, gestellt hat.”Kolosser 1:15-23 NGU2011
https://bible.com/bible/108/col.1.15-23.NGU2011
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