From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>

To: "1111RESCUEMEMBERS"

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Sent: Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 6:07 AM

Subject: 6-13-24 THOUGHTS

6-13-24   THOUGHTS  

This  morning,  some big picture work as the Law was a tutor to bring  us to Christ via FAITH! We are sons and daughters of God through faith in Christ Jesus.  This is God’s plan to save man.  We are now Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise.  The words “fulness of times” are packed full.   By God’s thinking and power, everything that matters eternally,  happened,  and it happened in Christ Jesus!  REDEMPTION and ADOPTION  HAPPENED!  The “ABBA” relationship with God was established!   God’s  SPIRIT  BECAME  OURS  if we believe!  

Gal 3:22-4:6    But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.  23  But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. 24  Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. 25  But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 26  For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27  For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29  And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise.            4:1   Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything, 2  but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father. 3  So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental things of the world. 4  But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, 5  so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6  Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

My Prayer:
O Father God, how blessed we are in Christ Jesus.  We magnify Your great name.  Increase our faith to serve You.  Give us a driving inward power to have a closer walk with You, to know You fully.  Thank You for an alive hope, by which we expect eternity with You.  The foundation for all this is Christ Jesus Your Son.  May our hearts be filled with Your presence.  Effectively  use each of us in the “blood bought” Church.       In the name of our Savior,      Amen.