September 2025 — Pastor, professor, and author Sky Takemoto invites readers on a transformative spiritual journey with the release of her new book, God’s Masterpiece. Drawing on profound biblical truth and her own faith experience, Takemoto calls Christians to discover their true identity and live as those already victorious in Christ.
In God’s Masterpiece, Takemoto illuminates the powerful truth of Ephesians 2:10: “For we are God’s masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus.” She reminds us that the heavens and the earth are wondrous, but they are not God's masterpiece. God’s masterpiece is the new creation, God's New Testament believers, contain the divine life of Christ in their spirit. We believers are created in Christ Jesus.
Takemoto’s motivation for writing is deeply personal and pastoral. “Christians are not called to live by human desires and preferences but by the divine life of Christ,” she says. "Christ and the cross are the center of God’s plan. When Jesus Christ took on the flesh of sin and was crucified on the cross, the entire old creation was crucified with Christ: Satan, angels, the world, old Adam, sin, sins, death, flesh, self, the old person, the law, ordinances, religion, regulations, genders, nations, races, Jews and Gentiles, societies, hierarchy, and everything of the old creation. Christ terminated the entire old creation on the cross. What a boast!"
God's Masterpiece is the new creation created in Christ through Christ's death and resurrection (2 Cor. 5:17; Eph. 2:10). We have nothing to boast about except Christ and the cross (Gal. 6:14). The book also addresses timely spiritual challenges, including pride, social stratification, and gender discrimination, helping readers divide “the human concept” from “the divine concept.”
Sky Takemoto is no stranger to life’s valleys and mountains. Her teaching reflects hard-won faith and the assurance of victory in Christ: “We are not believers who live to become overcomers,” she says. “We are believers whose victory is already guaranteed.” Takemoto lives in Anaheim, California, with her husband, and is the mother of one married daughter. She has previously authored The Letter Kills, but the Spirit Gives Life and continues to equip believers through her ministry and teaching.
God’s Masterpiece is available now.