February 17, 2020
Ephesians
Chapter 3
This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles for surely you have already heard of the commission of God's grace that was given me for you, and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote above in a few words, a reading of which will enable you to perceive my understanding of the mystery of Christ.
In former generations this mystery was not made known to human kind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit: that is, the Gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God's grace that was given me by the working of his power. Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring the Gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ, and to make everyone see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things; so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have access to God in boldness and confidence through faith in him. I pray therefore that you may not lose heart over my sufferings for you; they are your glory. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every thing in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthen in your inner begin with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or image, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
AMAZING SCRIPTURES
I love the bible. I always think to myself that if God created us how much more is in the Universe. In more complex books such as Revelations there are beasts and other creations. I know some people think its just us, and animals. But even the animals on the earth are amazing. A zebra is so cool. The hawk, the eagle, donkeys, pigs, and so many more. It just testifies to God's creative abilities and look at all the different countries and languages and people. How unique is that. I believe in Angels and all the things the bible speaks of. Another good example of creative things in this passage above comes from Paul when he states, "so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. Who is these authorities in heavenly places? He does not go into detail but later on in Chapter six of Ephesians we learn that, that our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the authorities, against the comic powers of this present darkness, against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places, so it says therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm, stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness, and as for the shoes for your feet put on the gospel of peace. With all these things, then take up the shield of faith with which you can quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Do I understand it all, no! There are things we don't see. God sees. We just do and listen because things are at work in the atmosphere.
From a lighter fun perspective, just to think on things happening in heavens we don't see but we trust God but I really enjoyed the movie Avengers, Infinity War. ( I am such a kid sometimes) I love transformers too. But in the movie there exist men could move into different realms, jumping from New York to Washington because they had powers. These guys wanted to to stop the evil guy who wanted the ultimate power to manipulate reality. Do you think the devil plays with our reality? Making things seem a certain way. We walk by faith and not by sight. But in the movie they could change what was suppose to happen to what they wanted to happen and if the evil one gained all six stones he would have the ultimate power but he had to take the stones because they were being protected by other heroes. My point is they were out in the universe and we don't think like that. We are earthly minded. Of course it's a movie but the idea was amazing and the movie was good
The point is Jesus is above all principalities and powers.
I hope that you like the bible. I don't try to know it all but I am a person who thinks its awesome. I think about how conscious we are of this world. But I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. If he created man. How come he cannot raise it again. He can give it a spirit to live again.
Chapter 3
This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles for surely you have already heard of the commission of God's grace that was given me for you, and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote above in a few words, a reading of which will enable you to perceive my understanding of the mystery of Christ.
In former generations this mystery was not made known to human kind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit: that is, the Gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God's grace that was given me by the working of his power. Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring the Gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ, and to make everyone see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things; so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have access to God in boldness and confidence through faith in him. I pray therefore that you may not lose heart over my sufferings for you; they are your glory. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every thing in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthen in your inner begin with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or image, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
AMAZING SCRIPTURES
I love the bible. I always think to myself that if God created us how much more is in the Universe. In more complex books such as Revelations there are beasts and other creations. I know some people think its just us, and animals. But even the animals on the earth are amazing. A zebra is so cool. The hawk, the eagle, donkeys, pigs, and so many more. It just testifies to God's creative abilities and look at all the different countries and languages and people. How unique is that. I believe in Angels and all the things the bible speaks of. Another good example of creative things in this passage above comes from Paul when he states, "so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. Who is these authorities in heavenly places? He does not go into detail but later on in Chapter six of Ephesians we learn that, that our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the authorities, against the comic powers of this present darkness, against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places, so it says therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm, stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness, and as for the shoes for your feet put on the gospel of peace. With all these things, then take up the shield of faith with which you can quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Do I understand it all, no! There are things we don't see. God sees. We just do and listen because things are at work in the atmosphere.
From a lighter fun perspective, just to think on things happening in heavens we don't see but we trust God but I really enjoyed the movie Avengers, Infinity War. ( I am such a kid sometimes) I love transformers too. But in the movie there exist men could move into different realms, jumping from New York to Washington because they had powers. These guys wanted to to stop the evil guy who wanted the ultimate power to manipulate reality. Do you think the devil plays with our reality? Making things seem a certain way. We walk by faith and not by sight. But in the movie they could change what was suppose to happen to what they wanted to happen and if the evil one gained all six stones he would have the ultimate power but he had to take the stones because they were being protected by other heroes. My point is they were out in the universe and we don't think like that. We are earthly minded. Of course it's a movie but the idea was amazing and the movie was good
The point is Jesus is above all principalities and powers.
I hope that you like the bible. I don't try to know it all but I am a person who thinks its awesome. I think about how conscious we are of this world. But I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. If he created man. How come he cannot raise it again. He can give it a spirit to live again.
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