Sunday, May 5, 2019

COVENANTAL RELATIONSHIPS



Ephesians 2:19
    -the church is God's own family here on earth
      Psalms 92:13
   -you (as a believer) belongs to God
      -a Christian without a church family is a contraction
         Galatians 5:13
      -being part of a local church is a must!

Ephesians 2:19


  -shame = fear of disconnection

   -2 groups of ppl
      -stay in the shame
      -get out of shame
         -vulnerable
            -ppl who are vulnerable has a sense of worthiness
               -worthiness = deserved to be love
               -courage = able to tell their stories with their whole-heart
               -authentic = ability to let go of who you are
      1 Peter 2:4-5
         -living = feeling
      Genesis 11:3

   -the spiritual house is
      -not perfect (not uniform, diff size)
      -water can flow (allows thr Holy Spirit to move)
   -tower of babel
      -water cannot flow
   
   *when the rock is missing, not all the rocks know but the owner of the house will know
      -God knows when any of us is missing

John 13:18-30
   -Juda's spirit... intimacy without covenant
1 Samuel 18:3-4
   -Jesus gave us 3 things
      -robe of righteousness
      -made Himself vulnerable
-betrayal = taking tt which is intimate abt me tt no lie else knows and using it against me
*challenge in a conventional relationship is to the depth of the level of love is to the level of hurt
* to be vulnerable, drop all the weapons and robe... And just be as you are



~pastor Meng

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