Of what benefit is it to us for God to finally reign without opposition, as the resurrection is a signpost for?.

What is renewal? Where do you see the need for renewal on the widest scale? On the most local scale? How would you summarize-or just describe-the mandate given those with resurrection faith? How is that faith uniquely positioned to live and act in the ordinary world?.

How does Paul compare and contrast Adam and Christ? Why does he do so?.

What from the passage suggests that the significance of the resurrection has to do with more than dead people rising (as glorious as that thought is!)?.

DonвЂ™t think-just respond: best thing about the hope of resurrection? Why did you say that?.

19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.ДЄLL: 5 He who was seated on the throne said, вЂњI am making everything new!вЂќ Then he said, вЂњWrite this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.вЂќ Related Scriptures 18 And he is the head of the body, the church he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. LEADER: 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Christ executes the office of a king, in calling out of the world a people to himself, and giving them officers, laws, and censures, by which he visibly governs them in bestowing saving grace upon his elect, rewarding their obedience, and correcting them for their sins, preserving and supporting them under all their temptations and sufferings, restraining and overcoming all their enemies, and powerfully ordering all things for his own glory, and their good and also in taking vengeance on the rest, who know not God, and obey not the gospel.Д«ENEDICTION: Colossians 1:17-19 & Revelation 21 How does Christ execute the office of a king?ДЄ. Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness ДЄLL: 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, вЂњThe Lord reigns!вЂќД¬ONFESSION OF FAITH - Westminster Catechism Q & A 26 LEADER: 28 Ascribe to the Lord, O clans of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!Дў9 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name bring an offering and come before him! And that has relevance to how we live, and love, now.

ItвЂ™s the pledge and promise of something greater. But the wonder and glory of that truth notwithstanding, thereвЂ™s far more to what the resurrection points to. Keywords: kingdom, authority, reign, firstfruits, subjected When we think of resurrection we naturally (and properly) think of the life following death and of its ultimate transformation. Series: Let Us Not Mock God with Metaphor

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