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God’s Holy Nation

July 18, 2021 by Brad Murphy

This entry is part 7 of 11 in the series Ready, Set, Grow! 2021

DIGITAL BULLETIN 18 July 2021

Week 7 – Ready, Set, Grow!

“Ready, Set, Grow! is a new series starting in June and going through Summer. We will study the growth moments in Acts.

In this message, you will learn how God unites His followers – male and female, Jew and Gentile, wealthy and poor – into a Holy Nation.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:9 (ESV)
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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 1:8 (ESV)

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God’s Holy Nation

| Acts 11:1-18 | 1 Peter 2:9-12 | 1 Corinthians 3:6 | Acts 10:20-21

Now the apostles and the brothers[a] who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party[b] criticized him, saying, 3 “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” 4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order: 5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me. 6 Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. 7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ 8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’ 10 This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven. 11 And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea. 12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house. 13 And he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon who is called Peter; 14 he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’

Acts 11:1-14 (ESV)
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As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. 16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?” 18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

Acts 11:15-18 (ESV)

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But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

1 Peter 2:9-12 (ESV)
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July

  • 11 – Missionary Guest: Mike McPeak, Chi Alpha (Idaho State University)
  • 20 – THIRSTY LifeGroup | 6:30pm, Fireside Studio (weekly)
  • 22 – No Ladies Book Club this week
  • 25 – Missionary Guest: Matt Shaw, Teen Challenge Girls Academy (Nampa)
  • 28 – Worship Team Music Practice | 6:30-8:00pm, Worship Center
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  • 7 – No Ladies Coffee Talk in August
  • 14 – No Men’s Breakfast in August
  • 15 – Missionary Guest: Gil Williams, Austria (Europe)
  • 18 – Summer Picnic | 6:00-8:00pm, Guerber Park Sunrise Shelter, 2200 Hill Road, Eagle
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  • 4 – Ladies Coffee Talk | 9:30am, In-Person and on Zoom (monthly)
  • 5 – Sundae Community Picnic | 12:00-2:00pm, ELC Church Lawn
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  • 11 – Men’s Breakfast | 8am, ELC Fireside Studio (monthly)

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  • 1-2 – Youth Conference | Friday Night and Saturday, Location TBA
  • 8-9 – Women’s Retreat | Friday Night through Sunday Morning, Trinity Pines, Cascade, ID
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