Category: ephesians
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Stand (1-minute read)
10Finally, be strong in the Lord…that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil… 13 that you may be able to withstand…and having done all, to stand firm. 14Stand therefore…To that end, keep alert with all perseverance…, making supplication…–Ephesians 6 (abbreviated for theme)
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A Husband’s Love
25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without…
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3 Reasons You Need the Church [1-minute read]
11And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of…
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God’s Wider Tent
6This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.–Ephesians 3 Promises were once made by God to Abraham and his descendants. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great,…
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Three Salvation Questions [1-minute read]
1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins…4But God…5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ…8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9not a result of works, so that no one may boast.–Ephesians 2 (abbreviated…
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The Oldest Verse in the Bible
4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence.–Ephesians 1 Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed…
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Don’t go to war with gaps in your armor!
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness,…
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More controversial than predestination?
1Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God….22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his…
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Why do you go to church?
11And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of…
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Change Your Story to God’s Love
17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.–Ephesians…
Joel M Bradshaw 