Welcome to the Family

Recap

We began this series three weeks ago with talking about the “Grace Shaped Life.” Living the Grace Shaped Life begins with receiving God’s grace.

We began this series two weeks ago with talking about the “Grace Shaped Life.” The “Grace Shaped Life” begins with receiving God’s grace.

Ephesians 1:4–5 NIV

4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—

1 John 3:1–2 NIV

1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Jesus is a brother who is not ashamed

Heb 2.

Hebrews 2:11 NIV

11 Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.

Ex: we all have that family member that we are ashamed of.