Tag: ephesians
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Put away your revelries
and cleanse your whitewashed walls; for the church is a soiled bride and christians no witness of waiting, no longer virgin and spotless, uncovered in view of the world naked before the eyes of the LORD. Ezekiel 16 7 I made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall and arrived at…
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Is that all there is (of my life)?
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. – Hebrews 9:27-28 ESV What is the meaning…
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Stronger in the LORD
They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem. – Psalm 84:7 NLT What made weak followers of Jesus stronger after his resurrection and ascension? How is it that the faith of eleven remaining Disciples and a few former followers grew into a boldness in Christ that could not be…
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The Mirror of Church Hypocrisy – 2
Is Christ’s church not His betrothed, as Israel was chosen of the Lord? A word for the Church from Prophets of old: Jeremiah 2 English Standard Version (ESV) Israel Forsakes the Lord The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord, “I remember the devotion of your youth, your…
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The Commitment of Christian Marriage
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Did we miss this? I love a good mystery. Don’t you? Especially at the moment you finally get it – the moment you figure out where the story has been headed all along. Paul writes a letter to the church (at Ephesus).…
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Covenant and Truth – 4
And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. – 2 Peter 2:2 1 John 1:6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not…
