Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today
we are going to be reading from
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Ephesians. Across the
top of the bible it says
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that we will be reading
about the purposes of God
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and the love of Christ. Before
we read let's pray together.
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Dear God, please open our eyes,
our hearts to better understand
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your purposes. We know we
can never fully comprehend
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anything about you; but you
long to show us truth and you
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long to be know of us and
we come here right now together
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to read your word. Please reveal
to us what you would have us to
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know and show us also a
deeper understanding of the
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love of Jesus, not only so it is
a blessing to us but so we can
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become a blessing
through him to others.
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We love you so much and we
thank you for loving us. Amen.
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I am reading from Ephesians,
the King James version,
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and we are in chapter two,
starting with verse sixteen.
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And that he might reconcile
both unto God in one body
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by the cross, having
slain the enmity thereby,
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and came and preached peace
to you which were afar off,
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and to them that were nigh.
For through him we both have
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access by one
Spirit unto the Father.
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Now, therefore ye are not
more strangers and foreigners,
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but fellow citizens with the
saints, and of the household of
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God; and are built upon
the foundation of the apostles
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and prophets, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief
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corner stone; in whom all the
building fitly framed together
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groweth unto an holy
temple in in the Lord:
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In whom ye also are builded
together for an habitation
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of God through the Spirit.
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Continuing to read
Paul's letter to Ephesus,
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we're now on chapter three and
this is the King James version.
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For this cause I Paul,
the prisoner of Jesus Christ
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for you Gentiles, if ye
have heard of the dispensation
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of the grace of God
which is given me to you-ward:
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How that by revelation he
made known unto me the mystery -
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as I wrote afore in a few
words, whereby, when ye read,
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you may understand my knowledge
in the mystery of Christ -
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which in other ages was not
made known unto the sons of men,
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as it is now revealed unto
his holy apostles and prophets
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by his Spirit; that the
Gentiles should be fellow-heirs,
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and of the same body and
partakers of his promise in
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Christ by the gospel:
Whereof I was made a minister,
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according to the gift of the
grace of God given unto me by
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the effectual
working of his power.
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Unto me, who am less than
the least of all the saints,
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is this grace given, that I
should preach among the Gentiles
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the unsearchable riches of
Christ; and to make all men see
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what is the fellowship of the
mystery which from the beginning
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of the world has been hid
in God who created all things
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by Jesus Christ: To the intent
that now unto the principalities
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and powers in heavenly places
might be known by the church
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the manifold wisdom of God,
according to the eternal purpose
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which he purposed in
Christ Jesus our Lord:
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In whom we have boldness
and access with confidence
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by the faith of him. Wherefore
I desire that ye faint not at my
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tribulations for
you, which is your glory.
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For this cause I bow my knees
unto the Father of the Lord
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Jesus Christ, of whom the
whole family in heaven and earth
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is named that he would grant
you according to the riches
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of his glory, to be strengthened
with might by his Spirit
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in the inner man; that
Christ may dwell in your hearts
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by faith and that ye being
rooted and grounded in love,
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may be able to
comprehend with all saints
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what is the breadth and
length, and depth and height;
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And to know the love of
Christ, which passeth knowledge,
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that ye might be filled
with all the fullness of God.
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Now unto him that is able
to do exceeding abundantly
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above all that we ask or
think, according to the power
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that worketh in us, unto
him be glory in the church
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by Christ Jesus throughout all
ages, world without end. Amen.
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Continuing to read in
Ephesians, chapter four,
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I therefore, the prisoner of the
Lord, beseech you that ye walk
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worthy of the vocation wherewith
ye are called with all lowliness
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and meekness, with longsuffering
forbearing one another in love;
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Endeavoring to keep
the unity of the Spirit
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in the bond of peace. There
is one body, and one Spirit,
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even as ye are called in
one hope of your calling;
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One Lord, one faith, one baptism
one God and Father of all,
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who is above all, and
through all, and in you all.
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But unto every one of us is
given grace according to the
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measure of the gift of
Christ, wherefore he saith,
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when he ascended up on
high, he led captivity captive,
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and gave gifts unto men. -
Now that he ascended, what is it
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but that he also descended
first into the lower parts
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of the earth? He that descended
is the same also that ascended
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up far above all heavens,
that he might fill all things. -
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And he gave some, apostles;
and some prophets; and some,
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evangelists; and
some pastors and teachers;
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for the perfecting of the saints
for the work of the ministry,
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for the edifying of the
body of Christ: Till we all come
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in the unity of the
faith, and of the knowledge
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of the Son of God, unto a
perfect man, unto the measure
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of the stature of
the fullness of Christ:
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That we henceforth be no more
children, tossed to and fro,
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and carried about with
every wind of doctrine,
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by the slight of men, and
cunning craftiness, whereby they
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lie in wait to deceive;
but speaking the truth in love,
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may grow up into him in
all things, which is the head,
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even Christ: from whom the
whole body fitly joined together
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and compacted by that which
every joint supplieth, according
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to the effectual working
in the measure of every part,
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maketh increase of the body unto
the edifying of itself in love.
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This I say therefore and testify
in the Lord, that ye henceforth
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walk not as other Gentiles walk,
in the vanity of their mind,
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having the understanding
darkened, being alienated
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from the life of God through
the ignorance that is in them,
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because of the
blindness of their heart:
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who being past
feeling given themselves over
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unto lasciviousness to work
all uncleanness with greediness.
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But ye have not so learned
Christ; if so be that ye have
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heard him, and have been taught
by him, as the truth is in Jesus
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that ye put off concerning the
former conversation the old man,
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which is corrupt according
to the deceitful lusts;
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And be renewed in
the Spirit of your mind;
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And that ye put on the new man,
which after God is created in
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righteousness and true holiness.
Wherefore putting away lying,
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speak every man truth with
his neighbor: for we are members
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one of another. Be ye angry and
sin not: let not the sun go down
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upon your wrath:
Neither give place to the devil.
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Let him that stole, steal no
more: but rather let him labor,
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working with his hands the thing
which is good that he may have
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to give to him that needeth.
Let no corrupt communication
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proceed out of your
mouth, but that which is good
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to the use of edifying,
that it may minister grace
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unto the hearers. And grieve
not the holy Spirit of God,
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whereby ye are sealed
unto the day of redemption.
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Let all bitterness, and
wrath, and anger, and clamor,
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and evil speaking, be put
away from you, with all malice:
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And be ye kind one to another,
tenderhearted, forgiving
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one another, even as God for
Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
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We are reading Paul's
letter, Ephesians, chapter five.
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Be ye therefore followers
of God, as dear children;
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and walk in love, as
Christ also hath loved us,
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and hath given himself for
us an offering and a sacrifice
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to God for a sweet smelling
savor. But fornication, and all
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uncleanness, or covetousness,
let it not be once named among
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you, as becometh saints; Neither
filthiness, nor foolish talking
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nor jesting, which are not
convenient: but rather giving of
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thanks, for this ye know,
that no whoremonger, nor unclean
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person, nor covetous
man, who is an idolater,
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hath any inheritance in the
kingdom of Christ and of God.
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Let no man deceive you with
vain words: for because of these
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things cometh the wrath
of God upon the children
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of disobedience.
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Be not ye therefore partakers
with them. For ye were sometimes
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darkness, but now are ye light
in the Lord: walk as children
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of light: - For the fruit of
the Spirit is in all goodness
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unto righteousness and truth
- proving what is acceptable
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unto the Lord. And have no
fellowship with the unfruitful
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works of darkness,
but rather reprove them.
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for it is a shame even to speak
of those things which are done
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of them in secret. But all
things that are reproved are
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made manifest by the
light. For whatsoever doth make
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manifest, is light. Wherefore
he saith, Awake thou that
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sleepeth and arise from the
dead, and Christ shall give thee
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light. See then that thee walk
circumspectly, not as fools,
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but as wise, redeeming the
time, because the days are evil.
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Wherefore be ye not unwise, but
understanding what the will of
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Lord is. And be not drunk
with wine, wherein is excess;
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but be filled with the Spirit;
Speaking to yourselves in psalms
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and in hymns and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody
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in your heart to the Lord;
Giving thanks always for all
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things unto God and the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus
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Christ; Submitting
yourselves one to another
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in the fear of God.
Wives, submit yourselves
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unto your own husbands, as
unto the Lord. For the husband
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is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the head of
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the church, and he is
the savior of the body.
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Therefore as the
church is subject unto Christ,
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so let the wives be to their
own husbands in every thing.
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Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church,
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and gave himself for it; That
he might sanctify and cleanse it
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with the washing of water by the
word, that he might present it
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to himself a glorious church,
not having spot, or wrinkle,
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or any such thing; but that
it should be holy and without
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blemish. So ought men to love
their wives as their own bodies.
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He that loveth his
wife loveth himself.
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For no man ever yet hated
his own flesh; but nourisheth
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and cherisheth it,
even as the Lord the church:
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For we are members of his body,
of his flesh, and of his bones.
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For this cause shall a man
leave his father and mother, and
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shall be joined unto his wife,
and they two shall be one flesh.
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This is a great mystery:
but I speak concerning Christ
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and the church. Nevertheless let
every one of you in particular
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so love his wife even
as himself and the wife
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see that she
reverence her husband.
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We are reading Ephesians
in the King James version,
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and now chapter six.
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Children, obey your parents
in the Lord: for this is right.
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Honor thy father and mother;
which is the first commandment
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with promise; that it
may be well with thee,
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and thou mayest
live long on the earth.
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And, ye fathers, provoke
not your children to wrath:
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but bring them up in the
nurture and admonition of
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the Lord. Servants, be obedient
to them that are your masters
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according to the flesh,
with fear and trembling,
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in singleness of your
heart, as unto Christ;
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not with
eye-service, as menpleasers;
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but as the servants of
Christ, doing the will of God
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from the heart; with good will
doing service as to the Lord,
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and not to men: knowing that
whatsoever good thing any man
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doeth, the same shall
he receive of the Lord,
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whether he be bond or free.
And, ye masters, do the same
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things unto them,
forbearing threatening:
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knowing that your
Master also is in heaven;
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neither is there
respect of persons with him.
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Finally, my brethren, be strong
in the Lord, and in the power
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of his might. Put on
the whole armour of God,
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that ye may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil.
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For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood,
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but against
principalities, against powers,
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against the rulers of
the darkness of this world,
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Against spiritual
wickedness in high places.
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Wherefore take unto you
the whole armour of God,
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that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day,
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and having done all, to stand.
As we close this time together,
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I think again of that
text, Finally my brethren
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be strong in the Lord,
and in the power of his might.
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Until we come together
again to read the word of God,
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let's ask Him to give us
strength and power to stand and
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witness for Him when necessary.
to love as He loved us.
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Thank you for
being with me. Goodbye.
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