As with Christ, So with Us, 1 Peter 4:12-19

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran As with Christ, So with Us, 1 Peter 4.12-19

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As we finish our time in 1 Peter, he tells that there will be fiery trials that happen to us for our testing and that we will be mocked for our faith and tempted to turn away. Yet, St. Peter tells us how to respond to all of this. We are to rejoice in suffering with Christ and find blessing in that union with our Savior. We should strive for faithfulness as Christians and not be ashamed of who we are in Christ. We should also know that we can rest in the work of Christ and the work we have to do because God is a faithful Creator who has accomplished salvation for us.

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Sanctified by Ascension, John 17:11b-19

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran Sanctified by Ascension, John 17.11-19

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Jesus spent time in deep prayer for his disciples and all those who will come to believe in Christ through their word. What does this prayer reveal to us about he work of Jesus after his ascension? We see through his words that he knew he would ascend and that he would continue to present us to the Father that we might be washed and sanctified in the truth of God.

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Ascension and Cultivation, John 17:20-26

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran Ascension and Cultivation, John 17.20-26

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On this Sunday after the Ascension, we hear from Jesus’ high priestly prayer found in John 17. As Jesus prays for all who believe through the Disciples, we are reminded that in his Ascension, Jesus continues to pray this prayer for us before the Father. He is thus cultivating us that he might be in us and we in him.

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Ascension and Revelation

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran Ascension and Revelation

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Jesus’ ascension is an oft overlooked event in our Savior’s life, and yet, it brings a completion of redemption as he presents himself to his Father in heaven for our sake and becomes our eternal intercessor. Father Jeremiah considers a few of the implications of this reality in his sermon for the Sunday after the Ascension.

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Prayer and Ascension, John 17:20-26

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran Prayer and Ascension, John 17.20-26

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On the night before Jesus’ crucifixion, he prayed for all that would believe in him through the word of his apostles. In that prayer he asked that we might all be one as he and the Father are one and that we would know the love of the Father for the Son in ourselves. In Jesus’ ascension forty days after his resurrection, this prayer began to be fulfilled. How does Jesus’ ascension connect to his high priestly prayer? Listen now to find out.

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