
This audio is an ABF lesson taught by Robbie Sagers on Ephesians 4:1-16 on November 08,2009. You can download here.
…Let it Reign

This audio is an ABF lesson taught by Robbie Sagers on Ephesians 4:1-16 on November 08,2009. You can download here.
Taking a break from our verse-by-verse study of 1 Peter, Robbie Sagers took us through our second study of warfare.
This week, we studied Ephesians 4:1-16 where the Apostle Paul speaks of the unity found in the gospel, and how this unity is bound up and displayed in Christ’s Kingship over the Church. The breakdown of barriers is but one radical implication of the gospel, in which all believers share in one faith and one baptism, the baptism of Christ. Later in the chapter, Robbie emphasized how Christ is marking out individuals within the Church as teachers, pastors, and evangelists in order to build up Christ’s church for the work of the ministry. Yet, at the same time, it is not only the pastors and teachers who are to pursue ministry, but individuals found throughout the church and whom the pastors and teachers are building up. As Robbie emphasized, we pursue ministry with the understanding that Christ is reigning and ruling through his church.
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This week in Kingdom First, Dr. Moore taught through I Peter 3:1-7, a passage often referenced, and often misused. When it comes to the issue of headship, of marriage, of submission, the Scripture ought never to evoke us to think of what Peter is writing as a “woman get me my chips” theology. Instead, the Holy Spirit is speaking to us, showing us the glory of humanity created male and female. Dr. Moore discussed what it means for women to glorify God through being adorned with “the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit” (3:4). He spoke of the significance of Sarah’s trust and absence of fear—even in the face of that which is fearful. And he walked through what it looks like to be a godly, Christ-honoring husband.
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Diana asked us to pray for her uncle who is sick.
This week at Kingdom First, guest teacher Phillip Bethancourt gave us a brief foray away from 1 Peter and into Isaiah 11. In what has become a special topic for Phillip, he illustrated how God’s intention to give Christ a Kingdom leads to warfare. More particularly, we see in Isaiah 11 (1) the identity of the Messiah, (2) what the reign of Christ will look like, (3) the establishment of a New Creation, (4) and how Christ inaugurates the New Exodus in our midst.
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This audio is an ABF lesson taught by Phillip Bethancourt on Isaiah 11 on November 1,2009. You can download
This week in Kingdom First, Robbie Sagers took a brief break away from 1st Peter and offered a reflection on how to read the Bible as believers in Jesus. According to the lesson, we are to read the Old Testament in light of Christ, paying careful attention to the people, events, and institutions that find their fulfillment and truest expression in Jesus Christ. As one individual said during the question and answer time, “It’s kind of like some movies that we watch. You can only understand the beginning by having seen how the movie ends.”
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This week in Kingdom First, Robbie Sagers continued on in our series through I Peter, going through I Peter 2:18-25. As the class thought through chores they were required to do as children that they didn’t enjoy, Robbie showed how these “elect exiles” we read of in I Peter had to deal with similar situations, albeit in ways far more serious than mowing the grass or taking out the trash. This letter was written to a group, among whom many were slaves—among these, many to unjust masters. And what Peter says to those in this situation is: obey. What is crucial to see, though, is the way Peter ties this obedience and the situations these men and women are in to Christ. For Jesus himself was One who suffered much on earth—but One who obeyed, trusting God to judge in the end. Likewise, those of us in Christ are often called to endure suffering and sorrow, to obey those whom God has put in authority over us—because we know we have a just and righteous Master who will judge both our earthly masters and us in the Last Day.
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This past week at Kingdom First, guest teacher Justin Sampler walked us through 1 Peter 2:11-17. Justin showed us how Peter’s commendation in this passage is a supporting element of Peter’s thesis found throughout the entire book: be different, do good. As the “beloved” children of God (a title designated to Israel and ultimately, Christ), we as exiles and sojourners are to conduct ourselves in a way that points to our identity in Christ. Our freedom in Christ is paradoxical, for it’s a freedom that sets us free to serve, as we follow after our crucified Lord who washed Peter’s feet.
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This audio is an ABF lesson taught by Justin Sampler on 1 Peter 2:11-17 on October 04,2009. You can download here.
This past Sunday, Kingdom First participated in a dialogue and discussion forum with Pastor Moore. Topics discussed ranged from how to instill masculine qualities in young boys from an early age all the way to the purposes of God in Christ. As usual, the questions were pertinent and the answers were timely.
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