What does it mean to be chosen? Why are we saved by grace? How is being a slave to sin different from being a slave to obedience leading to righteousness? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week's edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: 1 Thessalonians 1:4–5a
1 Thessalonians 1:4–5a
4 Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,
5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction.
Connection Passage #1: Titus 3:3–6
Titus 3:3–6
3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
5 He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
Connection Passage #2: Ephesians 2:4–5
Ephesians 2:4–5
4 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
Connection Passage #3: Romans 6:15–16
Romans 6:15–16
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
16 Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
Connection Passage #4: John 6:35
John 6:35
35 Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
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