To: ALL WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR
From; GOD THE FATHER, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
HIS SON and Ministered through the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, The Helper,
that He may be with you forever. [John 14:16]
Subject: MY WORD
Ephesians 4:1–10 (The Living Bible) 1 I
beg you—I, a prisoner here in jail for serving the Lord—to live and act in a
way worthy of those who have been chosen for such wonderful blessings as these.
2 Be humble and gentle. Be
patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of
your love. 3 Try always to be led along together by the Holy
Spirit and so be at peace with one another. 4 We are all parts of one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all
been called to the same glorious future. 5 For us there is only one
Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 and we all have the same God and
Father who is over us all and in us all, and living through every part of us.
7 However, Christ has given each of us special abilities—whatever he
wants us to have out of his rich storehouse of gifts. 8 The psalmist
tells about this, for he says that when Christ returned triumphantly to heaven
after his resurrection and victory over Satan, he gave generous gifts to men. 9
Notice that it says he returned to heaven. This means that he had first come
down from the heights of heaven, far down to the lowest parts of the earth. 10
The same one who came down is the one who went back up, that he might fill all
things everywhere with himself, from the very lowest to the very highest. 11
Some of us have been given special ability as apostles; to others he has given
the gift of being able to preach well; some have special ability in winning
people to Christ, helping them to trust him as their Savior; still others have
a gift for caring for God’s people as a shepherd does his sheep, leading and
teaching them in the ways of God. 12 Why is it that he gives us
these special abilities to do certain things best? It is that God’s people will
be equipped to do better work for him, building up the Church, the body of
Christ, to a position of strength and maturity;
Ephesians 4:11–24 (NKJV) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets,
some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the
equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body
of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of
the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children,
tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in
love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—16
from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint
supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its
share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. 17
This I say, therefore, and testify in
the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in
the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding
darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that
is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being
past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness
with greediness. 20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21
if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in
Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old
man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be
renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new
man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:25–5:7 (CJB) 25 Therefore,
stripping off falsehood, let everyone speak truth with his neighbor,
because we are intimately related to each other as parts of a body. 26
Be angry, but don’t sin—don’t let the sun go down before you have dealt
with the cause of your anger; 27 otherwise you leave room for the
Adversary. 28 The thief must stop stealing; instead, he should make
an honest living by his own efforts. This way he will be able to share with
those in need. 29 Let no harmful language come from your mouth, only
good words that are helpful in meeting the need, words that will benefit those
who hear them. 30 Don’t cause grief to God’s Ruach HaKodesh,
for he has stamped you as his property until the day of final redemption. 31
Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger,
violent assertiveness and slander, along with all spitefulness. 32 Instead,
be kind to each other, tenderhearted; and forgive each other, just as in the
Messiah God has also forgiven you. 1 So imitate God, as his dear
children; 2 and live a life of love, just as also the Messiah loved
us, indeed, on our behalf gave himself up as an offering, as a slaughtered
sacrifice to God with a pleasing fragrance. 3 Among you there should
not even be mentioned sexual immorality, or any kind of impurity, or greed;
these are utterly inappropriate for God’s holy people. 4 Also out of
place are obscenity and stupid talk or coarse language; instead, you should be
giving thanks. 5 For of this you can be sure: every sexually
immoral, impure or greedy person—that is, every idol-worshipper—has no share in
the Kingdom of the Messiah and of God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty talk; for it is because of these
things that God’s judgment is coming on those who disobey him. 7 So
don’t become partners with them!
[Please
Note: Always Read the Word of God in
Context, reading the entire chapter or book, asking the Holy Spirit of the
Living God to give you the interpretation.
2 Peter 1:16–21
(Williams) 16 For it was not mere stories of fancy
that we followed when we told you of the power and coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For when He
received such honor and glory from God the Father, when from the majestic glory
there was borne to Him a voice like this, “This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom
I take delight.” 18 we heard this voice ourselves borne from heaven
while we were with Him on that sacred mountain. 19 So we have the
message of the prophets more certainly guaranteed. Please pay attention to this message as to a
lamp that is shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning
star rises in your hearts; 20 because you recognize this truth above
all else, that no prophecy in Scripture
is to be interpreted by one’s own mind, 21 for no prophecy has
ever yet originated in man’s will, but men who were led by the Holy Spirit
spoke from God.]
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