What Now?: Pt. 4 -"Exiles" (Ellis Prince)

This Sunday in our series “What Now?" we join up with Peter. The Easter Story - trial, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ - was exceptionally hard this strong and outspoken disciple. In the 40 days the disciples, Peter included, had with Jesus they were forced to remember everything that they were taught and had witnessed. It was really a gift to them to have time to process before they were given responsibility. But as we have been taught this year - Jesus is a gentle and humble God. Peter learns. He starts to think and lead differently. He actually reminds the first believers that they are all born a long way from home. Home is not where we begin; home is where we need to go. More than ever we are searching for home. Strangely, the home for which we yearn is in another world. This other world, this unseen world, this spiritual world is commonly called heaven. Thus we live here, as Peter says in his first letter, in exile. As we walk this teaching together, we are invited to check our perspective and make sure our eyes are fixed on the right location.