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

May I have a WORD with you?

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.