UNTIL THE EARTH IS FILLED WITH HIS GLORY 1 - Habakkuk 2:14
JAKE STIMPSON | HABAKKUK 2:14 | GLORY | VICTORIOUS | GLORY OF GOD
At the end of the 6th century BC, Israel was surrounded by big, powerful empires. Violence and cruelty, immorality, injustice, and rebellion seemed to be the norm. In that environment, God promised Habakkuk, “The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” No matter how dark or depressing the world may appear, we know the end of the story – Jesus wins.
JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH-PLANTING | CHURCH | BODY OF CHRIST | BRIDE OF CHRIST | KINGDOM OF PRIESTS
The church is more than a building, more than a weekly religious meeting. It’s the Family of God, the Bride of Christ, the Salt or the Earth, the Body of Christ… the representative of God on the earth.
JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH-PLANTING | CHURCH | COMMUNITY | NEW TESTAMENT | LOVE | SERVE | KOINONIA
John 13:34-35 – 34 I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.” The Bible’s picture of the church is more than just a weekly gathering. It’s a family who lay their lives down for one another.
JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH-PLANTING | CHURCH | COMMUNITY | BOOK OF ACTS | GIFTS | BODY | GRACE
Ephesians 4:15-16 – “Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” When Jesus launched the church, He envisioned it as a community in which every member had a part to play, and when everyone was doing what they were made to do, the body would grow. You matter.