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; John 1:1 (NKJV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. John 1:14 (NKJV) 14 And the Word
became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the
only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Ephesians 4:1–32 (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; 13 until finally we all
believe alike about our salvation and about our Savior, God’s Son, and all
become full-grown in the Lord—yes, to the point of being filled full with
Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing
our minds about what we believe because someone has told us something different
or has cleverly lied to us and made the lie sound like the truth. 15
Instead, we will lovingly follow the
truth at all times—speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly—and so become
more and more in every way like Christ who is the Head of his body, the Church.
Under his direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly, and each part
in its own special way helps the other parts, so that the whole body is healthy
and growing and full of love. 17 Let me say this, then, speaking for
the Lord: Live no longer as the unsaved do, for they are blinded and confused.
Their closed hearts are full of darkness; they are far away from the life of
God because they have shut their minds against him, and they cannot understand
his ways. 19 They don’t care anymore about right and wrong and have
given themselves over to impure ways. They stop at nothing, being driven by
their evil minds and reckless lusts. 20 But that isn’t the way
Christ taught you! 21 If you
have really heard his voice and learned from him the truths concerning himself,
22 then throw off your old evil nature—the old you that was a
partner in your evil ways—rotten through and through, full of lust and sham. 23
Now your attitudes and thoughts must all be constantly changing for the better.
24 Yes, you must be a new and different person, holy and good. Clothe
yourself with this new nature. 25 Stop lying to each other; tell the
truth, for we are parts of each other and when we lie to each other we are
hurting ourselves. 26 If you are angry, don’t sin by nursing your
grudge. Don’t let the sun go down with you still angry—get over it quickly; 27
for when you are angry, you give a mighty foothold to the devil. 28 If
anyone is stealing he must stop it and begin using those hands of his for
honest work so he can give to others in need. 29 Don’t use bad
language. Say only what is good and helpful to those you are talking to, and
what will give them a blessing. 30 Don’t cause the Holy Spirit sorrow by the way you live. Remember, he is
the one who marks you to be present on that day when salvation from sin will be
complete. 31 Stop being mean, bad-tempered, and angry.
Quarreling, harsh words, and dislike of others should have no place in your
lives. 32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving
one another, just as God has forgiven you because you belong to Christ.
[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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