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  • Perspective

    Posted: January 26th, 2009
    by Scott-O

    Sometimes it is easy for us to view the Bible as a boring old book.  It
    is ancient and uninteresting.  But then sometimes we are pleasantly
    surprised when we are reminded how complex, exciting, and truly timeless
    Scripture is.  This Sunday we found ourselves jumping around tracing the
    roots of 1 Peter’s reference to Jesus as the Living Stone.

    In our journey to unwind these hidden complexities of the Old Testament,
    we find that many seemingly straightforward stories which seem to mean
    one thing in fact mean something else.  We dipped into Exodus and how
    God, through Moses, producing water from a rock was symbolic of Jesus.
    We see in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in the book of Daniel that the rock
    which destroyed the great statue was symbolic of Jesus.  We see that
    when God told David that one of his line would build a great temple it
    appears to mean David’s son, Solomon, but in fact this is another
    reference to Jesus, who descended from the line of David.

    Peter evokes all of this imagery of stones when he tells us we are to
    “like living stones, let ourselves be built into a spiritual house” (1
    Peter 2:5). It is very cool to me to see the ways that God’s great plan
    has unfolded through centuries and generations, and how much of His plan
    cannot be fully understood at the time but becomes clear later on.
    That, to me, is one of the ingredients to faith… knowing that I can’t
    understand everything that is happening, but also knowing that God has a
    plan and it is both great and good.

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misson

Mosaic exists to encourage people to begin their faith journey, to create a community where all can belong, to introduce people to a real Jesus in whom they can believe, and to encourage people to grow in their relationships with Christ and each other, so that together, we can all be whole.

core passion

Mosaic’s Core Passion is Worship. We worship by teaching the life changing truth of Scripture through culturally relevant environments and methods. We worship by striving for excellence in all we do, believing that excellence honors God and inspires people. We worship by creating authentic community through our transparency and loving relationships. We worship by sharing the Good News that God desires to know and be known by all people.

vision

To become a faith community in Irvington that daily lives out the gospel of Jesus Christ in all of its beauty through creative teaching, embracing and emphasizing the arts, equipping believers for ministry, acts of service, and transformational discipleship.

beliefs

We believe that the Bible (both the Old and New Testament) is the Word of God, and is therefore completely true as it was originally revealed by God to its human authors. 2 Timothy 3:15-16, 2 Peter 1:20-21

We believe in God the Father, the maker of heaven and earth. We believe that God is eternal, He always was and always will be. We believe that God is not far from us, and desires to know and be known by all people. Genesis 1, Isaiah 40:28, James 4:8

We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. We believe that Jesus was sent to earth in the form of a man to redeem the world. He is the Messiah, or Savior, who died on a cross to pay the penalty for our sin, He arose from the dead three days later and ascended to heaven. Matthew 16:16, Philippians 2:6-8; John 3:16, 1Corinthians 15:3-4, Acts 1:1-2

We believe that the Holy Spirit is the indwelling presence of God in our lives. He empowers and emboldens us for works of service; and He enables us to understand and live out God’s will in our lives. 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 12:7, John 16:13-15, Acts 1:8

We believe that all people are made in the image of God our creator, and therefore have inherent worth and value. We have been separated from God by our own selfish and disobedient attitudes and choices, known as sin. God desires to be reunited with us, and has made this possible through His Son Jesus. Genesis 1:27, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:9-12

We believe that Salvation is a gift from God that cannot be earned, but is given freely to those who accept His Son, Jesus. We believe that upon accepting Jesus one should repent of their sins (turn away from their selfish and disobedient attitudes and choices), confess Jesus as their Lord and Savior (tell others what they believe about Jesus), be baptized in His name (immersed in water as a symbolic death and resurrection), and then live daily for Him (trading our desires and choices for His desires and choices). John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, Acts 2:38, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 14:7-8