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If he's in chapter one, Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by
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the will of God, to the
saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful
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in Christ Jesus, grace to you
and peace from God, our father and
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the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be
the God and father of our Lord Jesus
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Christ, who has blessed us in
Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly
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places, even as he chose us
in him before the foundation of the world,
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that we should be holy and blameless
before him. In love, he
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predestined us for adoption to himself as
sons through Jesus Christ, according to the
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purpose of his will, to the
praise of his glorious graves with which he
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has blessed us in the beloved in
Him, we have redemption through his blood,
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the forgiveness of our trespasses, according
to the riches of His grace which
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he lavished upon us in all wisdom
and insight, making known to us the
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mystery of his will, according to
his purpose, which he set forth in
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Christ as a plan for the fullness
of time to unite all things in him,
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things in heaven and things on Earth, in him, we have obtained
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an inheritance, having been predestined according
to the purpose of him who works all
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things according to the counsel of his
will, so that we, who were
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the first to hope in Christ,
might be to the praise of his glory.
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In Him, you also, when
you heard the word of truth,
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the Gospel of your salvation and believed
in him, we're sealed with the promised
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Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee
of our inheritance until we acquire possession of
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it, to the praise of his
glory. For this reason, because I
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have heard of your faith in the
Lord Jesus and your love toward all the
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saints, I do not cease to
give thanks for you, remembering you and
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my prayers that the god of Our
Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father of
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glory, May give you the spirit
of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge
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of him, having the eyes of
your hearts enlightened, that you may know
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what is the hope to which he
has called you, what are the riches
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of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of
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his power toward us who believe according
to the workings of his great might that
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he worked in Christ, when he
raised him from the dead and seated him
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at his right hand in the heavenly
places, far above all rule and authority
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and power and dominion, and above
every name that is named, not only
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in this age but also in the
one to come, and he put all
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things under his feet and gave him
his head, over all things, to
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the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all
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in all. Let's stand together there
in seeing, in Christ alone, two
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hundred and sixty five amen. Please
be seated effusions to having introduced us to
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WHO Christ is and how we have
been blessed in in Christ alone, he
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now reminds us from where we came, and you were dead, in the
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trespasses and sins in which you once
walked, following the course of this world,
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following the Prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that is
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now at work in the sons of
disobedience, among whom we all once lived,
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in the passions of our flesh,
carrying out the desires of the body
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and the mind, and we're by
nature children of Wrath, like the rest
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of mankind. But God, being
rich in mercy, because of the great
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love with which he loved us,
even when we were dead in our trespasses,
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made us alive. Together with Christ. By grace, you have been
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saved and raised us up with him
and seated us with him in the heavenly
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places, in Christ Jesus, so
that in the coming ages he might show
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the immeasurable riches of his grace in
kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. For
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by grace you have been saved through
faith, and this is not your own
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doing. It is the God gift
of God, not as a result of
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work. So that no one may
boast, for we are his workmanship,
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created in Christ Jesus for good works
which God prepared beforehand that we should walk
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in them. Therefore, remember that
at one time, you gentiles in the
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flesh called the uncircumcision by what is
called the circumcision, which is made in
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the flesh by hands. Remember that
you were at that time separated from Christ,
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alienated from the Commonwealth of Israel and
strangers to the covenants of promise,
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having no hope and without God in
the world. But now, in Christ
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Jesus, you, who are once
far off, have been brought near by
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the blood of Christ, for he
himself is our peace, who has made
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us both one, and is broken
down in his flesh the dividing wall of
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hostility by abolishing the Law of commandments
expressed in the ordinances, that he might
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create an in himself, one new
man in place of two, so making
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peace and might reconcile us both to
God in one body through the cross,
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thereby killing the hostility. And he
came and he preached peace to you who
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were far off, and peace to
those who were near, for through him
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we both have access in one spirit
to the father. So then, you
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are no longer strangers and aliens,
but you are fellow citizens with the saints
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and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the Apostles
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and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being
the cornerstone. In Him, the whole
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structure, being joined together, grows
into a Holy Temple in the Lord.
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In Him, you also are being
built together into a dwelling place for God
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by the spirit. Let stand together
and seeing not what my hands have done.
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Him, four hundred thirty five may
be seated. It's here now,
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Fijians three. For this reason,
I Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus,
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on behalf of you, gentiles,
assuming that you have heard of the
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Stewardship of God's grace that was given
to me. For you, how the
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mystery was made known to me by
revelation, as I have written briefly.
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When you read this, you can
perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ,
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which was not made known to the
sons of men and other generations,
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as it has now been revealed to
his Holy Apostles and prophets by the spirit.
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This mystery is that the gentiles are
fellow heirs, members of the same
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body and partakers of the promise in
Christ Jesus. Through the Gospel. Of
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this Gospel, I was made a
minister according to the Gift of God's grace,
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which was given me by the working
of his power. To me,
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though I am the very least of
all the saints, this grace was given
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to preach to the gentiles the unsearchable
riches of Christ and to bring to light
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for everyone. What is the plan
of the mystery hidden for Ages in God
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who created all things, so that, through the church, the manifold wisdom
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of God might now be made known
to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly
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places. This was according to the
eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ
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Jesus, Our Lord, in whom
we have boldness and access with confidence through
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our faith in him. So I
ask you not to lose heart over what
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I am suffering for you, which
is your glory. For this reason,
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I bow my knees before the father
from whom every family in heaven and on
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Earth is named, that, according
to the riches of his glory, he
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may grant you to be strengthened with
power through his spirit, in your inner
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being, so that Christ may dwell
in your hearts through faith, that you,
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being rooted and grounded in love,
may have strength to comprehend, with
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all the saints, what is the
breadth and length and height and depth,
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and to know the love of Christ
that surpasses knowledge, that you may be
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filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to
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do far more abundantly than all that
we ask or think, according to the
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power at work within us. To
him be the glory in the Church and
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in Christ Jesus, throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Let's
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stand again and seeing, responding to
God's word, this is four hundred and
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sixty five. Your Bulletin's are wrong. Four hundred and sixty five love divine,
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all loves, excelling, a man
may be seated. I therefore a
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prisoner for the Lord. Urge you
to walk in a manner worthy of the
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calling to which you have been called, with all him melody and gentleness,
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with patience, bearing with one another
in love, eager to maintain the unity
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of the spirit, in the bond
of peace. There is one body and
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one spirit, just as you were
called to the one hope that belongs to
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your call, one Lord, one
faith. When Baptism, one God and
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father of all, who is over
all and through all and in all.
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But grace was given to each one
of you or each one of us.
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According to the measure of Christ's gift, therefore, it says when he ascended
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on high, he led a host
of captives and he gave gifts to men.
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In saying he ascended, what does
it mean but that he also descended
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into the lower regions the earth?
He who descended is the one who also
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ascended far above all the heavens,
that he might fill all things, and
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he gave the apostles the prophets,
the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
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to equip the saints for the work
of Ministry, for the building up of
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the body of Christ, until we
all attain to the unity of the faith
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and of the knowledge of the son
of God, to mature manhood, to
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the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ, so that we may
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no longer be children tossed to and
fro by the waves and carried about by
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every wind of doctrine, by human
cunning, by craftiness and deceitful schemes.
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Rather speaking the truth in love,
we are to grow up in every way
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into him who is the head,
into Christ, from whom the whole body,
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joined and held together by every joint
with which it is equipped, when
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each part is working properly, makes
the body grow so that it builds itself
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up in love. Now this I
say and testify in the Lord that you
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must no longer walk, as the
gentiles do, in the futility of their
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minds. They are darkened in their
understanding, alienated from the life of God
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because of the ignorance that is in
them, due to their hardness of heart.
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They have become callous and have given
themselves up to shut sensuality, greedy
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to practice every kind of impurity.
But that is not the way you learned
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Christ, assuming that you have heard
about him and were taught in him,
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as the truth is in Jesus.
To put off your old self, which
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belongs to your former manner of life
and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and
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to be renewed in the spirit of
your minds, and to put on the
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new self, created after the likeness
of God, in True Righteousness and holiness.
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Therefore, having put away falsehood,
let each one of you speak the
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truth with his neighbor, for we
are members, one of another. Being
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ingry and do not sin, do
not let the sun go down on your
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anger, and give no opportunity to
the devil. Let the thief no longer
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steal, but rather let him labor
doing honest work with his own hands,
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so that he may have something to
share with anyone in need. Let no
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corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as good for building
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up, as fits the occasion,
that it may give grace to those who
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hear and do not grieve the Holy
Spirit of God, by whom you were
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sealed for the day of redemption,
let all bitterness and wrath and anger and
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clamor and slander be put away from
you, along with all malice. Be
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Kind to one another, tender hearted
forgiving one another, as God in Christ
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forgave you. Therefore be imitators of
God as beloved children, and Walk In
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love, as Christ loved us and
gave himself up for us, a fragrant
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offering and sacrifice to God. Let's
stand and seeing him. Four hundred and
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four, the churches one foundation.
I'm here. We are reminded of what
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the Apostle says, that we are
built with him as the the foundation of
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our church, and in Him we
are growing up together. For or four.
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Please be seated now. Fusians five, verse three. Fuesians five,
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verse three, not the whole chapter
this time, to twenty verse, Twenty
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One. But sexual immorality and all
impurity or covetiousness must not even be named
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among you, as is proper among
saints. Let there be no filthiness or
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foolish talk, nor crude joking,
which are out of place, but instead
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let there be thanksgiving, for you
may be sure of this, that everyone
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who is sexually immoral or impure,
or who is covetous, that is,
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an idolater, has no inheritance in
the Kingdom of Christ and God. Let
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no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things, the
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wrath of God comes upon the sons
of disobedience. Therefore, do not become
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partners with them. For one time
you were darkness, but now you are
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light in the Lord. Walk as
children of the light, for the fruit
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of light is found in all that
is good and right and true, and
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try to discern what is pleasing to
the Lord. Take no part in the
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unfruit full works of darkness, but
instead expose them, for it is shameful
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even to speak of the things that
they do in secret. But when anything
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is exposed by the light, it
becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible
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is light. Therefore it says awake, oh sleeper, and arise from the
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dead, and Christ will shine on
you. Look carefully, then, how
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you walk, not as unwise but
as wise, making the best use of
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the time, because the days are
evil. Therefore, do not be foolish,
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but understand what the will of the
Lord is, and do not get
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drunk with wine, for that is
debauchery, but be filled with the spirit
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addressing one another in Psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, singing and making melody
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to the Lord with your heart,
giving thanks always and for everything to God,
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the father, in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ. Submitting to
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one another out of reverence for Christ, let's stand together and seeing, oh
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light that now no dawn two hundred
and twenty one. Let these hymns be
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your prayers to the Lord. To
twenty one, please be seated, being
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no longer children of wrath and sons
of disobedience, but children love the light,
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who walk in the light. And
Paul tell now gives us instructions for
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our Christian homes. Effusions Five A, twenty two through a six nine.
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This is the word of the Lord. Wives, submit to your own husband's
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as to the Lord, for the
husband is the head of the wife,
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even as Christ is the head of
the church, his body, and is
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himself its savior. Now as the
Church submits to Christ, so also wives
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should submit in everything to their husband's
husbands. Love your wives as Christ loved
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the Church and gave himself up for
her that he might sanctify her, having
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cleansed her by the washing of water
with the word so that he might present
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the church to himself in splendor,
without spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
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that she might be holy and without
blemish. In the same way,
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husband should love their wives as their
own bodies. He who loves his wife
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loves himself, for no one ever
hated his own flesh, but nourishes and
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cherishes it, just as Christ does
the church, because we are members of
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his body. Therefore, a man
shall leave his father and mother and hold
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fast to his wife, and the
two shall become one flesh. This mystery
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is profound, and I am saying
that it refers to Christ and the church.
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However, let each one of you
love his wife as himself, and
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let the wife see that she respects
her husband. Children, Obey your parents
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and the Lord, for this is
right. Honor Your father and mother.
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This is the first commandment, with
a promise that it may go well with
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you and that you may live long
in the land. Fathers, do not
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provoke your children to anger, but
bring them up in the discipline and instruction
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of the Lord. Bond Servants,
obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling
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in a sincere heart, as you
would Christ. Not, by way of
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I service is people pleasers, but
is bond servants of Christ, doing the
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will of God from the heart,
rendering service with a good will as to
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the Lord and not to man,
knowing that whatever good anyone does, this
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is this he will receive back from
the Lord, whether he is a bond
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servant or is free masters. Do
the same to them, and stop your
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threatening, knowing that he who is
both of their master and yours is in
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heaven and that there is no partiality
with him. Let's stand and saying,
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Oh, blessed the house a five
hundred and forty eight I'm then you may
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be seated and let's finish our reading
of Paul's letter, now, from effusions,
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chapter six, verse ten to the
end of the letter. Finally,
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be strong in the Lord and in
the strength of his might. Put on
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the whole armor of God that you
may be able to stand against the schemes
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of the devil, for we do
not wrestle against flesh and blood, but
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against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present
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darkness, against the spiritual forces of
evil in the heavenly places. Therefore,
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take up the whole armor of God
that you may be able to withstand in
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the evil day and, having done
all to stand firm, stand there for,
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having fastened on the belt of truth, having put on the breastplate of
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righteousness and is shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by
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the gospel of peace, in all
circumstances, take up the shield of faith,
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with which you can extinguish all the
flaming darts of the evil one,
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and take the helmet of salvation and
the sword of the spirit, which is
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the word of God, praying at
all times in the spirit, with all
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prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making
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supplication for all the Saints and also
for me, that the words may be
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given to me, in opening my
mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the
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Gospel for which I and I am
an ambassador in chains, that I may
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declare it boldly as I ought to
speak, so that you also may know
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how I am and what I am
doing. Tich Akus, the beloved brother
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and Faithful Minister and the Lord,
will tell you everything. I've sent him
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to you for this very purpose,
that you may know how we are and
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that he may encourage your hearts peace
be to the brothers and love with faith
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from God, the Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all
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who love our Lord Jesus Christ,
with Love Incorruptible Amen, soldiers of Christ,
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arise him. Four hundred or five
hundred and forty the second moment.
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Let me lead us in prayer.
Our heavenly father, blessed be your name,
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who, before the ages, began
in love, predestined us in Christ
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that we might be holy and blameless. In Him. We sing this evening
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to the praise of your glorious grace
with which you have blessed us. In
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the beloved and him, you have
given US redemption. By his blood.
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You have knit us together as a
people, Jew and gentile, so that,
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in one body, in one faith
and with one hope in our one
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Lord, we might be baptized into
his death and have the forgiveness of our
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sins and a new life, a
life that is characterized by light, a
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light that is a life that is
characterized by godliness and love for one another.
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Lord, and all of these things
you have promised to us and,
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inheritance, which we are experiencing and
enjoying even now, the guarantee of Your
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Holy Spirit working in us, on
the WHO is a knitting us together in
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love, who is accomplishing these things
in our church and in our lives.
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For these things, Lord, we
ask that you would keep us a thankful
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people, a people never ceasing to
give you thanks and praise, for you
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are our God and father. Through
Jesus Christ, are the son. You
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have given us us the spirit of
God, that in this body which you
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have given us, we might worship
you. And indeed, as you even
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say in this letter, that you
dwell, you have created and had built
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in ancient times, past temples for
you to be present with your people,
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and now you have created your final
temple, raising it up on the foundation
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of the Apostles and the Prophets,
with Christ, Jesus himself, as the
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cornerstone. This great mystery which Paul, Your Apostle, has revealed, according
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to Your Spirit, and the other
apostles as well, speaking the very word
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of Jesus, has made known this
Gospel, that we might believe it and
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become a part of this great work, that we might belong to the body
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of Christ and begin that work of
body building, of strengthening ourselves and one
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another through the work that you are
doing in us and love, and as
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we consider these things, as we
consider our unity together, as we consider
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the reason for our unity on the
and the hope that we have ahead of
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us, help us to be strong
and persevere against the schemes of the devil.
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Help us to not pursue a sexual
immorality, help us not to pursue
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covetousness and lies and I'm all the
rest. Lord, help us to put
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aside anger and malice and division.
Instead, fill us with the very fruit
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of the spirit, that we might
be marked by you, that we might
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enjoy your blessings, that the world
might give you praise by seeing your workmanship
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in us. Would help us not
to be foolish, but wise, seeing
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the world or as it is,
and we pray this not just in general
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terms, but for the specific relationships
that we have in this world, our
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relationships in our households, even between
husbands and wives and children and parents,
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and our places within the larger society, on those in authority and those under
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authority. Lord, let this life
that we live as citizens and of the
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Kingdom of God be reflected in everything
that we do and everything that we are.
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Help us to stand strong in the
strength of the Lord, the strength
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of of his might, and help
us to persevere in the peace and love
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and hope that you have given to
us. Lord, it is in Jesus
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Christ that we live and we put
our faith in him. We put we
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pray in his name. Amen,
let's sing the glory of Potrey as we
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close him five hundred and seventy two
