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Jesus demonstrates his authority over nature/creation/weather, over the spiritual world, over our bodies/health/sickness, and shows his authority to forgive sins. Everything you do is under Jesus’ authority. Therefore we can trust Jesus and thank Jesus.

Theme: Church planting comes from the character of who God is. In the beginning, God planted our parents in the garden, He made them out of the dust from the ground. God created a people, He planted a people for His name, that would bring glory to His name by living and working through the creation.

Note how Paul labored through eight chapters to bring us here. He talked about how sin condemns us to death. He described the righteousness that comes from God in Christ. He preached that righteousness and bathed us in Baptism’s waters, killing us to sin and raising us to life in Christ. He assured us…