Hi, welcome to His Words
are Life. I'm Kelly Mowrer.
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Thank you for coming apart
with me to read the Word of God.
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When we were last together, we
were reading in Paul's letter to
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the church at Galacia about
how the law was given to us
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as a school teacher to keep
us until we could understand as
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mature Christians the
righteousness that comes by
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faith and through
the grace of Jesus.
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And he is writing to the
Galatians, saying, Don't be
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foolish, don't forget where
you started. There is no other
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gospel than the gospel
that you have already received.
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Before we read on,
let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, the
precious God and Holy Spirit,
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please be with us as we
read these words that explain
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Your purpose and Your plan,
how came to fulfill the law,
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and how the law is
holy and just and good;
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that our
righteousness comes through You.
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Please be with us and
give us an understanding
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so that we may bear fruit to
your glory. We love you. Amen.
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We're picking up in
Galatians, chapter four.
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And starting with verse fifteen.
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Where is then the
blessedness ye spake of?
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For I bear you record
that if it had been possible,
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you would have plucked out your
own eyes and given them to me.
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Am I therefore become your enemy
because I tell you the truth?
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They zealously
affect you, but not well;
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yea they would exclude
you, that ye might affect them.
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But it is good to be zealously
affected always in a good thing,
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and not only when I am present
with you. My little children
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of whom I travail in birth again
until Christ be formed in you,
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I desire to be present with
you now and to change my voice;
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for I stand in doubt of
you. Tell me, you that desire
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to be under the law,
do ye not hear the law?
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For it is written
that Abraham had two sons,
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the one by a bondmaid,
the other by a free woman.
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But he who was of the bond-
woman was born after the flesh;
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but he of the
freewoman was by promise.
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Which things are an allegory;
for these are the two covenants;
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the one from the mount Sinai,
which gendereth to bondage,
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which is Agar. For this
Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia,
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and answereth to Jerusalem
which now is, and is in bondage
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with her children. But
Jerusalem which is above,
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is free, which is the mother
of us all. For it is written,
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Rejoice, thou
barren that bearest not;
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break forth and cry,
thou that travailest not: for
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the desolate hath many more
children than she which hath
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an husband. Now we, brethren,
as Isaac was, are the children
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of the promise. But as then
he that was born after the flesh
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persecuted him that
was born after the Spirit,
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even so it is now. Nevertheless
what saith the scripture?
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Cast out the
bondwoman and her son:
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for the son of the bondwoman
shall not be heir with the son
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of the freewoman. So then
brethren, we are not children
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of the
bondwoman, but of the free.
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Continuing to read in
Galatians, chapter five.
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This is the King James version
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Stand fast therefore in the
liberty wherewith Christ hath
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made us free, and be not
entangled again with the yoke
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of bondage. Behold, I Paul,
say unto you, that if ye be
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circumcised, Christ
shall profit you nothing.
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For I testify again to
every man that is circumcised
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that he is a
debtor to the whole law.
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Christ is become of no effect
unto you, whosoever of you
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are justified by the
law; ye are fallen from grace.
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For we through the Spirit wait
for the hope of righteousness
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by faith. For in Jesus Christ
neither circumcision availeth
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anything, nor uncircumcision;
but faith which worketh by love.
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Ye did run well; who did hinder
hinder you that ye should not
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obey the truth? This
persuasion cometh not of him
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that calleth you. A little
leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
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I have confidence in you through
the Lord, that ye will be none
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otherwise minded: but he
that troubleth you shall bear
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his judgment, whosoever he be.
And I, Brethren, if I yet preach
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circumcision, why do I
yet suffer persecution?
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then is the offence
of the cross ceased.
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I would they were even
cut off which trouble you.
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For, brethren, ye have
been called unto liberty;
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only use not liberty for
an occasion to the flesh,
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but by love serve one another.
For all the law is fulfilled
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in one word, even in this;
Thou shalt love thy neighbour
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as thyself. But if ye bite and
devour one another, take heed
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that ye be not consumed one
of another. This I say then,
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Walk in the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulfill
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the lust of the flesh. For the
flesh lusteth against the Spirit
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and the Spirit against the
flesh and these are contrary
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one to the other; so
that ye cannot do the things
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that you would. But if ye be led
of the Spirit, ye are not under
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the law. Now the works
of the flesh are manifest,
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which are these; Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness,
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lasciviousness, Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance,
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emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, envyings
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murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like:
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of the which I tell you
before, as I have also told you
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in time past, that they which
do such things shall not inherit
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the kingdom of God. But the
fruit of the Spirit is love,
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joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith
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meekness, temperance;
against such there is no law.
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And they that are Christ's have
crucified the flesh with the
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affections and lusts. If we live
in the Spirit, let us also walk
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in the Spirit, let us not
be desirous of vain glory,
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provoking one
another, envying one another.
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Continuing in
Galatians, chapter six.
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Brethren, if a man
be overtaken in a fault,
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ye which are spiritual, restore
such a one in the spirit of
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meekness, considering thyself
lest thou also be tempted.
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Bear ye one another's burdens
and so fulfill the law of
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Christ. For if a man think
himself to be something, when he
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is nothing, he deceiveth
himself. But let every man prove
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his own work and then shall he
have rejoicing in himself alone
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and not in another For every man
shall bear his own burden. Let
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him that is taught in the word
communicate unto him that
teacheth in all good things
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Be not deceived, God is not
mocked: for whatsoever a man
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soweth, that shall he also reap.
For he that soweth to his flesh
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shall of the flesh reap
corruption; but he that soweth
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to the Spirit, shall of the
Spirit reap life everlasting.
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Let us not be weary in
well doing: for in due season
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we shall reap, if we
faint not. As we have therefore
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opportunity, let us
do good unto all men,
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especially to them who
are of the household of faith.
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Ye see how large a
letter I have written unto you
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with my own hand. As many
as desire to make a fair shew
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in the flesh, they
constrain you to be circumcised;
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only lest they
should suffer persecution
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for the cross of Christ. For
neither they themselves who are
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circumcised keep the law; but
desire to have you circumcised,
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that they may glory in
your flesh. But God forbid
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that I should glory, save in the
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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by whom the world is crucified
unto me, and I unto the world.
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For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision availeth any thing,
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nor uncircumcision,
but a new creature.
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And as many as walk according
to this rule, peace be on them,
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and mercy, and upon the
Israel of God. From henceforth
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let no man trouble me: for
I bear in my body the marks of
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the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
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be with your spirit. Amen.
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We are continuing to
read the letters of Paul.
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This is his letter to Ephesians,
the church at Ephesus,
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beginning with chapter one,
this is the King James version.
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Paul an apostle of Jesus
Christ by the will of God,
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to the saints which are at
Ephesus, and to the faithful
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in Christ Jesus: Grace be to you
and peace, from God our Father,
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and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father
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of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us with all
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spiritual blessings in
heavenly places in Christ:
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According as he hath chosen
us in him, before the foundation
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of the world, that we
should be holy and without blame
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before him in love:
Having predestinated us unto
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the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to himself,
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according to the good pleasure
of his will, To the praise
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of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted
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in the beloved. In whom we have
redemption through his blood,
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the forgiveness of sins
according to the riches of
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his grace; Wherein he hath
abounded toward us in all wisdom
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and prudence; having made known
unto us the mystery of his will,
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according to his good
pleasure which he hath purposed
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in himself: That in the
dispensation of the fullness of
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times he might gather together
in one all things in Christ,
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both which are in heaven and
which are on earth; even in him:
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In whom also we have obtained an
inheritance, being predestinated
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according to the purpose
of him who worketh all things
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after the council of his own
will: That we should be to the
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praise of his glory,
who first trusted in Christ.
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In whom ye also trusted, after
that ye heard the word of truth,
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the gospel of your salvation: in
whom also after that ye believed
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ye were sealed with
that holy Spirit of promise,
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which is the earnest of our
inheritance until the redemption
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of the purchased possession,
unto the praise of his glory.
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Wherefore I also, after I heard
of your faith in the Lord Jesus
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and love unto all the
saints, cease not to give thanks
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for you, making
mention of you in my prayers;
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That the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory,
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may give unto you the spirit
of wisdom and revelation in the
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knowledge of him: the
eyes of your understanding
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being enlightened; that
ye may know what is the hope
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of his calling, and
what the riches of the glory
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of his inheritance in the
saints and what is the exceeding
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greatness of his
power to usward who believe,
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according to the
working of his mighty power,
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which he wrought in Christ, when
he raised him from the dead,
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and set him at his own right
hand in the heavenly places,
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far above all principality, and
power, and might, and dominion,
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and every name that is
named, not only in this world,
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but also in that which is to
come: and hath put all things
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under his feet and gave him
to be the head over all things
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to the church, which is
his body the fullness of him
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that filleth all in all.
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We are reading Paul's letter to
Ephesus, Ephesians chapter two.
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And you hath he quickened, who
were dead in trespasses and sins
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wherein in time past ye walked
according to the course of this
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world, according to the
prince of the power of the air,
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the spirit that now worketh
in the children of disobedience:
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Among whom also we all had
our conversation in times past
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in the lusts of our
flesh, fulfilling the desires
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of the flesh and of the mind;
and were by nature the children
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of wrath, even as others.
But God, who is rich in mercy,
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for his great love wherewith he
loved us, even when we were dead
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in sins, hath quickened
us together with Christ,
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by grace ye are saved;
and hath raised us up together
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and made us sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus
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that in the ages to come he
might shew the exceeding riches
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of his grace in his kindness
toward us through Christ Jesus.
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For by grace are ye
saved through faith;
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and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:
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not of works, lest
any man should boast.
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For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus
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unto good works, which God
hath before ordained that we
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should walk in them. Wherefore
remember, that ye being in time
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past Gentiles in the flesh,
who are called Uncircumcision
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by that which is called
the Circumcision in the flesh
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made by hands; that at that
time ye were without Christ,
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being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel, and
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strangers from the covenants
of promise, having no hope,
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and without God in the
world: But now in Christ Jesus
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ye who sometimes were far
off are made nigh by the blood
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of Christ, for he is our peace,
who hath made both one and
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hath broken down the middle
wall of partition between us;
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having abolished in his
flesh the enmity, even the law
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of commandments,
contained in ordinances;
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for to make in himself of twain
one new man, so making peace;
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Until we are together
again, may the God of hope
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keep you with all joy and peace
in believing through the power
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of his Holy Spirit. Thank you
for coming apart to read with me
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