“You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens

with God’s people”

God’s kingdom

• Privilege of being part of a body where we can be encouraged and where we can grow in our faith.

• Responsibility to participate in the life of the body with time, talent, and resources.

1:5 God adopted us as His children;

1:13 we were included in Christ;

1:14 the Holy Spirit guarantees our inheritance;

2:6 we have been seated with Christ in the heavenly realms;

2:15 Christ has torn down the walls and made us one.

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! 1

John 3:1 (NIV)