The pastor’s grandmother was frugal because of her experiences during the Great Depression. She was surrendered to an orphanage because her parents couldn’t afford her and then adopted to be a servant. The past can affect us profoundly and change our expectation of the future.
The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus changes our expectation of the future.
Our inheritance is the righteous rule of God. We can rejoice in this no matter our current troubles (1 Peter 1.5-9).
The Celebration of the Eucharist spans past, present, and future.
Paul would not recognize the evangelical Christian idea of accepting Jesus and being saved at a specific moment in time. Philippians 2.12-13 show salvation as a process - something we work out. Salvation is life and the way life is lived. It transforms us and our life in the present reflects that.
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