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 1:4–14 (The Living Bible) 4 Long ago, even before he made the world,
God chose us to be his very own through what Christ would do for us; he decided
then to make us holy in his eyes, without a single fault—we who stand before
him covered with his love. 5 His unchanging plan has always been to
adopt us into his own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for us. And he did
this because he wanted to! 6 Now all praise to God for his
wonderful kindness to us and his favor that he has poured out upon us because
we belong to his dearly loved Son. 7 So overflowing is his kindness
toward us that he took away all our sins through the blood of his Son, by whom
we are saved; 8 and he has showered down upon us the richness of his
grace—for how well he understands us and knows what is best for us at all
times. 9 God has told us his secret reason for sending Christ, a
plan he decided on in mercy long ago; 10 and this was his purpose:
that when the time is ripe he will gather us all together from wherever we
are—in heaven or on earth—to be with him in Christ forever. 11 Moreover,
because of what Christ has done, we have become gifts to God that he delights
in, for as part of God’s sovereign plan we were chosen from the beginning to be
his, and all things happen just as he decided long ago. 12 God’s
purpose in this was that we should praise God and give glory to him for doing
these mighty things for us, who were the first to trust in Christ. 13
And because of what Christ did, all you others too, who heard the Good News
about how to be saved, and trusted Christ, were marked as belonging to Christ
by the Holy Spirit, who long ago had been promised to all of us Christians. 14
His presence within us is God’s guarantee that he really will give us all that
he promised; and the Spirit’s seal upon us means that God has already purchased
us and that he guarantees to bring us to himself. This is just one more reason
for us to praise our glorious God.
Ephesians 1:18–23 (CJB) 18 I pray that he will give
light to the eyes of your hearts, so that you will understand the hope to which
he has called you, what rich glories there are in the inheritance he has
promised his people, 19 and how surpassingly great is his power
working in us who trust him. It works with the same mighty strength he used 20
when he worked in the Messiah to raise him from the dead and seat him at his
right hand in heaven, 21 far above every ruler, authority,
power, dominion or any other name that can be named either in the ‘olam
hazeh or in the ‘olam haba. 22 Also, he has put all things under his feet and made
him head over everything for the Messianic Community, 23 which is
his body, the full expression of him who fills all creation.
Ephesians 2:1–10 (ESV) 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in
which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince
of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of
disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of
our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by
nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being
rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even
when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by
grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us
with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the
coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness
toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved
through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9
not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for
good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:18–22 (The Living Bible) 18 Now
all of us, whether Jews or Gentiles, may come to God the Father with the Holy
Spirit’s help because of what Christ has done for us. 19 Now you are no longer strangers to God and
foreigners to heaven, but you are members of God’s very own family, citizens of
God’s country, and you belong in God’s household with every other Christian.
20 What a foundation you stand on now: the apostles and the
prophets; and the cornerstone of the building is Jesus Christ himself ! 21
We who believe are carefully joined together with Christ as parts of a
beautiful, constantly growing temple for God. 22 And you also are
joined with him and with each other by the Spirit and are part of this dwelling
place of God.
[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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