Take the Blindfold Off - You Are in the Light

Latest Growing in Grace program is ready for downloading/listening. The Bible talks about Christians being in the light. The problem is, many Christians live as if they must do something or maintain a certain amount of righteous living in order to be in the light. We discuss this a little bit this week as we "shed light" on the truth of the New Testament scriptures that show how it's by God's grace that we've been placed into the light already. Nothing we've done has placed us there, and nothing we do can keep us there or remove us from being in the light of Jesus Christ. In fact, the more we grow in the truth of who we already are, the more we'll begin to naturally walk like who we are.

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Brought Near - We Are In The Light

Latest Growing in Grace program is ready for downloading/listening. Christ came to take away sin (John 1:29), and we have been brought near to God by His blood (Eph 2:13), not by our works (Titus 3:5). He has taken us out of darkness and we are in the light! Does that fact change when we sin, or when we waste our lives in prodigal living? This week Mike and Joel continue talking about the parable of the prodigal son, his older brother and his father (Luke 15:11-32), and we discuss which one of the three had the proper perspective about both sons’ standing with the father. Sometimes our thoughts, emotions, actions, behavior, etc, may cause us to feel as if we’re not in the light, but we always need to remember that it’s God’s grace that has brought us into the light and keeps us there! With the proper perspective, we’ll grow more and more into who we truly are as children of the light (Eph 5:8-10).

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