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When does the "end of the term" occur? This will occur on the day of Jesus return and the rapture of the Church. The Holy Spirit gives us a little bit of heaven on earth. The Holy Spirit dwells in us, He is our teacher, He leads us. guides us, comforts us, He keeps us until the day of Christ return.

God's purpose for our lives is to praise Him, living a life that gives God praise. Our life should always be a praise to God in whatever we do. That when people see us, they see God, we are letting God shine out of us, then they will praise and glorify God.

The significance that all things will be brought together wnder one head, is that I believe that it is the Church, the people of God. We will all be one and in unity with God the Father. In the beginning we were all created one in God, but sin enter into the world and separated us from God. Extra Credit - God putting all things under His feet and all things brought under one head, and God putting everything under Him so that He may be in all. Both verses are the same, we all being brought together in the unity as one in Jesus Christ.

At one time in my life, it was a mess, I did whatever I please to do. At the time I did not that I was bond to sin, living my life for the devil. When I learn the truth, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I am now free from the life of sin. I am no longer in bondage to Satan, to sin. My life would have been going down hill. As a matter of fact I believe Imay not be alive by now. Because Satan was trying to take my life and I would be going to hell. I now have a life of freedom in Jesus Christ, I am a daughter of God, He is preparing a place of me in heaven, the blood of Jesus cleanse me from all sins. Praise the Lord! "Taste and see that the Lord is good." Ps.34:8

Praise the Lord we are no longer called friend, but sons and daughters of God. God has adopted me into His family as his daughter before the world was made. God accepted me for who I am, there was nothing on my part that I had to do but to accept Jesus as my Savior and confess my sins. I am an only child and both of my father and mother has die. But praise the Lord I have a family (spiritual) and my Father God. All praise to God!

To be holy means that we are consecrated to God, separated to him, we are not our own. To live a pure life. To live separated from the world (to be in the world but not part of it). To be blameles is the same as living holy, living a pure life. Jesus Christ was the only sinless person. With Jesus death on the cross He took our sins upon Himself. So when we stand before God we stand be before Him blameless. God do not see our sins what He sees is the blood of His Son Jesus Christ, we stand before God clean. dee

There is nothing scary about predestination, it is something beautiful God has done for us. What is co forting to know is that God knew me and chosen me before the foundation of the world. I think that the reason that Paul brought this up was to let us know that God has pick us, chose us, thought of us, and had a plan for us before the world was made. And I believe that Paul was praising was because he and the church was again chosen by God before the earth was made. Praise the Lord! dee

To be in Christ to me, is to be Christ minded. To have Jesus Christ living in you daily. To be like Him, to take on His characteristic, to be imitators of Him. Delores

Grace and peace to all, I am Delores and I live in Morrisville, Pa. I'm a late comer to this study. A friend of mine just share this site with me. I will look forward in studying Ephesians with everyone.