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Ep 058 (S3E14) What A Family! - I believe in the Communion of Saints

John

References:

  • The Apostles Creed
    • Article 3 - The Holy Spirit Article
    • The holy catholic church, the communion of saints
  • Eph 2:11-22
    • Jews and Gentiles as one people (one communion)
    • v 12: ἀπαλλοτριόω (ap-al-lot-ree-o'-o) 
      • [ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι] - to alienate, estrange, to be shut out from one's fellowship and intimacy
      • ἀλλότριος - Heb 11:9 “he was like a foreigner”
  • Rom 8:35-39
    • Never separated – nothing in life, not even death
    • In the gift of Holy Communion we receive His Body that we may become His Body, in heaven and on earth.
  • 1 Peter 2:4-12
    • v 11 - παρεπίδημος (par-ep-id'-ay-mos) 
      • a stranger, sojourning in a strange place, a foreigner
      • in the NT metaph. in reference to heaven as the native country, one who sojourns on earth
  • Let “All Saints Day” be everyday. Since you are a saint, live properly among your neighbors who are not.