12 The Church

The church Jesus spoke of is a group of people who are called out from one place and gather together in another place, not meaning a building.

What comes to mind when you hear the word church? I guess the first thing you think of is a building. We call the buildings where services are held churches. But what does the Bible teach is the church? The Meaning of Church The Greek work translated as “church” in the New Testament is ekklēsia.…

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3. God Almighty the Heavenly Father.

God the Father

What is your concept of God? What is your concept of God? Can we understand what God is? Do you know God as your Heavenly Father? I’ll place a bet now that as you grow in your belief your concept of God will change over and over again. Is that because God changes? No, but…

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Are you a New Believer?

new believer

As a new believer are you feeling a bit unsure of what to do next? Imagine you have been given a new computer. You excitedly open the box, plug it in then realise you have no idea how to use it. You look at the instruction manual but that seems huge and complicated. Eventually, you…

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Put on the New Self

Ephesians 4:17-19 17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.…

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The Knowledge of the Son of God

Ephesians 4:11-16 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature…

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Comprehend Love

We can only comprehend the love of God with others. The only way to show love is to love others and the only way to feel love is to be loved by others.

Ephesians 3:15-21 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints…

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Eternal Purpose

What is the eternal purpose of God being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Ephesians 3:11-15 11 This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. 13 So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. 14…

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The Gift of God’s Grace

gift of God's grace

Ephesians 3:7-10 7 Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power. 8 To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,…

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A Dwelling Place for God

In whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:18-22 18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being…

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Reconciliation Brings Peace

reconciliation: that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.

Ephesians 2:14-17 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16…

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