sandralee
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The scary part is we are ALL predestined! That realization takes away any pride in our role or place in it. God was the sole source of predestination. Paul is praising God for it (predestination)in the Ephesians hearing for they, too, were destined and the proper response is thankfulness and praising in the midst of the predestined. All thought of not belonging, not being chosen was stripped away for God had predestined ALL before the creation of the world.
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In a spiritual sense, by the Holy Spirit's action, ALL of me is in Christ and ALL of Him is in me. We are One in the Spirit of God, joined together at the Heart, the Spirit, nothing can ever seperate this union. What is true of Christ is now also true of me in the Spirit. His blessings are now my blessings and His glory is now my glory ( and on and on), not because of anything I did or thought, not by any choice but solely and wholly by the Grace of God.
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Greetings Pastor Ralph and the rest of the folks who are joining in this Book of Ephesians study.
My name is Eudora and I live in Eastern Oregon. I have four grown children and five grandchildren. I absolutly love to study the word of God and am always on the look out for Him daily. I have been looking forward to this study beginning and ask a blessing upon Pastor Ralph as he takes us through this tour of the word of The Lord.
I can't imagine how Paul endured all that he did as he wrote this letter to these folks from the prison cell there in Rome. He truly was a man of God and a full fledged believer in Christ Jesus. What is even more incredible and exciting to me, is that Jesus Christ, fully believed in Paul.
I believe that this study will stregnthen my relationship with Christ Jesus and am looking forward to diving right in to His loving arms as He reveals Himself to us more and more through each word.
Father God, I thank you for Pastor Ralph and all the folks who will be in this study. I pray that each and every one will draw closer to you and that as we all do, that You draw closer to us. We await Your return and in the mean time, we will love all those around us as You first loved us. Bless us Father with Your presence as we study across the miles. We lift You up and exalt You as our King and we love You. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Eudora, I am pleased to meet you. What a beautiful Spirit-inspired prayer to which I say Amen.
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Hello everyone! My name is Sandy. I'm Mom to 4 and grammy to 5. I work as a staff nurse at a community hospital--in the rehab care center. I am looking forward to this study and praying for God's richest blessings upon us all as we journey together through Ephesians. May we all be enlightened and transformed. God bless!
Q3. Holy and Blameless
in 1. 1 Spiritual Blessings in Christ (Ephesians 1:1-6)
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To be holy is to be without sin, a saint. I f we have no sin, we are without blame. I can only stand holy and blameless before God in a spiritual sense through faith in the One who became sin for me, who died for me and now lives for me, interceding for me ALWAYS and FOREVER.