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ROOTED AND ESTABLISHED IN LOVE / EPHESIANS 3:17

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(KJV) Ephesians 3:17

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

ROOTED AND ESTABLISHED IN LOVE / EPHESIANS 3:17

“Rooted” (Greek errizomenoi) is a horticultural term (dealing with plants), and “established” is an architectural term (dealing with buildings and structures) meaning “founded.” The follower of Jesus “being rooted” in the revelation of God’s love in Christ is like a plant with deep roots in the soil. “Being established” in his love is like a building with a strong foundation laid on a solid rock. Both metaphors, or word pictures, symbolize a deep relationship as opposed to a shallow relationship. These symbols also convey that revelation of “the love of Christ” (Ephesians 3:18) is necessary for a deep, solid relationship that is expressed in powerful ways for God’s honor Ephesians 3:19-21).

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  1. STRENGTHEN … INNER BEING / EPHESIANS 3:16-19
  2. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  3. GOD’S GRACE / EPHESIANS 3:7
  4. MYSTERY OF CHRIST / EPHESIANS 3:4
  5. FOUNDATION … APOSTLES / EPHESIANS 2:20
  6. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  7. THE TWO … THEIR HOSTILITY … PEACE / EPHESIANS 2:14-17
  8. TO DO GOOD WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:10
  9. NOT BY WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:8-9
  10. THOSE … DIOBEDIENT / EPHESIANS 2:1-2
  11. THE FULLNESS OF HIM / EPHESIANS 1:22-23
  12. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  13. IN MY PRAYERS / EPHESIANS 1:16-20
  14. HOLY SPIRIT … A DEPOSIT / EPHESIANS 1:13-14
  15. SEAL … HOLY SPIRIT / EPHESIANS 1:13
  16. CHOSEN … PREDESTINED / EPHESIANS 1:11-12
  17. TO BRING UNDER ONE HEAD / EPHESIANS 1:10
  18. THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9
  19. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  20. IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1
  21. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  22. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  23. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  24. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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STRENGTHEN … INNER BEING / EPHESIANS 3:16-19

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(KJV) Ephesians 3:16-19

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

STRENGTHEN … INNER BEING / EPHESIANS 3:16-19

To be strengthened by the Spirit in the “inner being” is to have our spirits filled with the energy of His life and to have our souls (our motives, desires, feelings, thoughts and purposes) placed more and more under the Spirit’s influence and direction. In the most complete sense, this allows God to show His power through us in greater ways. There are four aspects to the purpose of this spiritual strengthening:

  1. That Christ may establish His presence in our hearts (Ephesians 3:16-17; Romans 8:9-10).
  2. That we may be grounded in sincere love for God, Christ and others.
  3. That we may comprehend with our minds and experience in our lives Christ’s love for us (Ephesians 3:18-19).
  4. That we may be filled with “all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:19; and Ephesians 1:23). God’s presence, through the Holy Spirit, should fill and saturate our lives in such a way that we reflect from our innermost being the character and honor of the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 4:13, 15, 224-24).

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  1. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  2. GOD’S GRACE / EPHESIANS 3:7
  3. MYSTERY OF CHRIST / EPHESIANS 3:4
  4. FOUNDATION … APOSTLES / EPHESIANS 2:20
  5. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  6. THE TWO … THEIR HOSTILITY … PEACE / EPHESIANS 2:14-17
  7. TO DO GOOD WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:10
  8. NOT BY WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:8-9
  9. THOSE … DIOBEDIENT / EPHESIANS 2:1-2
  10. THE FULLNESS OF HIM / EPHESIANS 1:22-23
  11. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  12. IN MY PRAYERS / EPHESIANS 1:16-20
  13. HOLY SPIRIT … A DEPOSIT / EPHESIANS 1:13-14
  14. SEAL … HOLY SPIRIT / EPHESIANS 1:13
  15. CHOSEN … PREDESTINED / EPHESIANS 1:11-12
  16. TO BRING UNDER ONE HEAD / EPHESIANS 1:10
  17. THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9
  18. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  19. IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1
  20. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  21. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  22. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  23. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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Margarita & Stace

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GOD’S GRACE / EPHESIANS 3:7

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(KJV) Ephesians 3:7

Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

GOD’S GRACE / EPHESIANS 3:7

The grace of God – undeserved favor and spiritual ability given to accomplish God’s purposes – is an empowering strength that comes from Christ and operates strength that comes from Christ and operates through the Holy Spirit living inside each believer (Ephesians 1:19; 4:7; Acts 6:8; 11:23; 14:26; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Philippians 2:13; Colossians 1:29; Titus 2:11-13).

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  1. MYSTERY OF CHRIST / EPHESIANS 3:4
  2. FOUNDATION … APOSTLES / EPHESIANS 2:20
  3. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  4. THE TWO … THEIR HOSTILITY … PEACE / EPHESIANS 2:14-17
  5. TO DO GOOD WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:10
  6. NOT BY WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:8-9
  7. THOSE … DIOBEDIENT / EPHESIANS 2:1-2
  8. THE FULLNESS OF HIM / EPHESIANS 1:22-23
  9. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  10. IN MY PRAYERS / EPHESIANS 1:16-20
  11. HOLY SPIRIT … A DEPOSIT / EPHESIANS 1:13-14
  12. SEAL … HOLY SPIRIT / EPHESIANS 1:13
  13. CHOSEN … PREDESTINED / EPHESIANS 1:11-12
  14. TO BRING UNDER ONE HEAD / EPHESIANS 1:10
  15. THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9
  16. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  17. IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1
  18. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  19. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  20. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  21. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  22. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion. May the words inspire and uplift all who read them.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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MYSTERY OF CHRIST / EPHESIANS 3:4

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(KJV) Ephesians 3:4-5

Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

MYSTERY OF CHRIST / EPHESIANS 3:4

Paul speaks of the “mystery of Christ,” hidden for ages past in God (Ephesians 3:9) and now made known by revelation (Ephesians 3:3) through the Holy Spirit to the apostles and prophets (Ephesians 3:5). The mystery is God’s purpose to “bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ” (Ephesians 1:10) and to include people of all nations (Ephesians 2:14-17) in the promise of spiritual salvation and eternal life (Ephesians 3:6; Romans 16:25-26; 2 Timothy 1:1). In the Old Testament, it was prophesied that the Gentiles (non-Jews) would turn to the God of Israel and be saved (Romans 15:9-12), so that was not a mystery to those of the New Testament world. But the fact that Gentiles would share equally in the life, promises and purposes of God (Ephesians 3:6) was unexpected by both Jews and Gentiles. It was a mystery that was temporarily hidden until God revealed His full plan of salvation through faith in Christ (Colossians 1:25-26).

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  1. FOUNDATION … APOSTLES / EPHESIANS 2:20
  2. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  3. THE TWO … THEIR HOSTILITY … PEACE / EPHESIANS 2:14-17
  4. TO DO GOOD WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:10
  5. NOT BY WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:8-9
  6. THOSE … DIOBEDIENT / EPHESIANS 2:1-2
  7. THE FULLNESS OF HIM / EPHESIANS 1:22-23
  8. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  9. IN MY PRAYERS / EPHESIANS 1:16-20
  10. HOLY SPIRIT … A DEPOSIT / EPHESIANS 1:13-14
  11. SEAL … HOLY SPIRIT / EPHESIANS 1:13
  12. CHOSEN … PREDESTINED / EPHESIANS 1:11-12
  13. TO BRING UNDER ONE HEAD / EPHESIANS 1:10
  14. THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9
  15. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  16. IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1
  17. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  18. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  19. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  20. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  21. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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FOUNDATION … APOSTLES / EPHESIANS 2:20

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(KJV) Ephesians 2:20

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

FOUNDATION … APOSTLES / EPHESIANS 2:20

A church can only be a true church if it is founded on the Christ-inspired, infallible (perfectly reliable, certain not to fail) revelation to the first apostles. 

  1. The New Testament apostles (“sent ones”) were those who received a direct commission from Christ to deliver His original message and to lead the effort in establishing His New Testament church (Acts 14:4). God used some of these men to write part of Scripture (God’s written Word). The apostles were the foundation stones of the church, and their message is preserved in the writings of the New Testament as the original, foundational testimony of the authentic and true message of Christ – a message that is valid for all people of all times. 
  2. All believers and churches are dependent on the words, message and faith of the first apostles as recorded in the book of Acts and in the apostles’ God-inspired New Testament writings. All generations of the church have the responsibility of obeying this God-given revelation and the privilege of testifying to its truth. The gospel – the “good news” and true message of Christ – given to the New Testament apostles through the Holy Spirit is the enduring source of life, truth and direction for the church. 
  3. All true believers and true churches show their genuine position within Christ’s body as they do the following: (a) They must agree with and earnestly strive to follow the New Testament teaching and revelation concerning Christ and His message (Acts 2:42). To reject the New Testament apostles’ teachings is to reject the Lord Himself (John 16:13-15; 1 Corinthians 14:36-38; Galatians 1:9-11). (b) They must continue the apostolic mission (being sent out with Christ’s message and authority to pioneer ministries throughout the world) by communicating the original New Testament message of Christ through faithful speaking, preaching and teaching in the power of the Spirit (Acts 1:8; 2 Timothy 1:8-14; Titus 1:7-9). (c)  They must not only believe the original apostolic message of the New Testament but also defend and guard it against all false representation and changes. The apostles’ original revelation from Christ as found in the New Testament can never be replaced or nullified (canceled, voided) by later revelation, testimony or prophecy (Acts 20:27-31; 1 Timothy 6:20).

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  1. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  2. THE TWO … THEIR HOSTILITY … PEACE / EPHESIANS 2:14-17
  3. TO DO GOOD WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:10
  4. NOT BY WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:8-9
  5. THOSE … DIOBEDIENT / EPHESIANS 2:1-2
  6. THE FULLNESS OF HIM / EPHESIANS 1:22-23
  7. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  8. IN MY PRAYERS / EPHESIANS 1:16-20
  9. HOLY SPIRIT … A DEPOSIT / EPHESIANS 1:13-14
  10. SEAL … HOLY SPIRIT / EPHESIANS 1:13
  11. CHOSEN … PREDESTINED / EPHESIANS 1:11-12
  12. TO BRING UNDER ONE HEAD / EPHESIANS 1:10
  13. THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9
  14. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  15. IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1
  16. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  17. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  18. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  19. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  20. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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THE TWO … THEIR HOSTILITY … PEACE / EPHESIANS 2:14-17

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(KJV) Ephesians 2:14-17

 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

THE TWO … THEIR HOSTILITY … PEACE / EPHESIANS 2:14-17

These verses clearly describe the “barrier, the dividing wall of hostility” (Ephesians 2:14) that historically separated Jews and Gentiles (people of all nations who are not Israelite or Jewish). This separation was based primarily on religion. But God has brought into unity people of all nations and backgrounds as they sought a personal relationship with Him (Ephesians 6:9; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11). He did so by taking the focus off of His law as the basis for a relationship with Himself (Romans 3:28-30) and bringing our full attention to His gift of salvation by grace (unearned favor and love) through faith in Christ alone (Romans 9:30; Galatians 2:16). All true believers have peace with God (Ephesians 2:16-17) and each other because the basis of their faith is in what Jesus Christ did through His death and resurrection.

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  1. TO DO GOOD WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:10
  2. NOT BY WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:8-9
  3. THOSE … DIOBEDIENT / EPHESIANS 2:1-2
  4. THE FULLNESS OF HIM / EPHESIANS 1:22-23
  5. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  6. IN MY PRAYERS / EPHESIANS 1:16-20
  7. HOLY SPIRIT … A DEPOSIT / EPHESIANS 1:13-14
  8. SEAL … HOLY SPIRIT / EPHESIANS 1:13
  9. CHOSEN … PREDESTINED / EPHESIANS 1:11-12
  10. TO BRING UNDER ONE HEAD / EPHESIANS 1:10
  11. THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9
  12. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  13. IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1
  14. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  15. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  16. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  17. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  18. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  19. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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TO DO GOOD WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:10

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(KJV) Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

TO DO GOOD WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:10

Although we cannot be spiritually saved and made right with God by good works (Ephesians 2:8-9), God still desires that the lives of Christians be characterized by good works. It is part of what we are created to do. He has even prepared good things for us to do. We do not do these things to gain God’s favor, but to show our love and gratitude to God for the favor He has already shown us by His gracious gift of spiritual salvation through faith in Christ (Titus 2:14; 3:8). Our good works for God also provide an opportunity to influence others for Christ, showing them an example of His love and goodness and leading them to the point of receiving Christ’s forgiveness and new life for themselves (Matthew 5:14-16).

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  1. NOT BY WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:8-9
  2. THOSE … DIOBEDIENT / EPHESIANS 2:1-2
  3. THE FULLNESS OF HIM / EPHESIANS 1:22-23
  4. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  5. IN MY PRAYERS / EPHESIANS 1:16-20
  6. HOLY SPIRIT … A DEPOSIT / EPHESIANS 1:13-14
  7. SEAL … HOLY SPIRIT / EPHESIANS 1:13
  8. CHOSEN … PREDESTINED / EPHESIANS 1:11-12
  9. TO BRING UNDER ONE HEAD / EPHESIANS 1:10
  10. THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9
  11. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  12. IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1
  13. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  14. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  15. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  16. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  17. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  18. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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NOT BY WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:8-9

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(KJV) Ephesians 2:8-9

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

NOT BY WORKS / EPHESIANS 2:8-9

One cannot be “saved” and gain a right relationship with God by good works, acts of love, devoted efforts to keep God’s commandments or any sort of religious routines. One can be spiritually saved only by God’s grace – His unearned favor, love and enablement. There are clear Biblical reasons for the fact:

  1. The unsaved (those who have not been restored to a personal relationship with God) are spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1), under Satan’s influence and control (Ephesians 2:2), enslaved to sin (Ephesians 2:3) and under God’s condemning judgment (Ephesians 2:3).
  2. In order to be saved (restored to a right relationship with God), one must respond to and accept God’s provision of mercy through His Son, Jesus (Ephesians 2:4-5), be forgiven of sin (Romans 4:7-8), be made spiritually alive (Colossians 1:13), be freed from the power of Satan and sin (Colossians 1:13), be made a new creation (Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17) and receive the inner presence of the Holy Spirit (John 7:37-39; 20:22). No amount of self-effort can accomplish these things. 
  3. Salvation comes to an individual by God’s gift of grace – His unearned favor that comes as a response to the person’s godly faith (Ephesians 2:5, 8). God’s gift of grace includes the following: (a) God calls people to repent (to turn from their own rebellious way, accept His forgiveness, surrender their lives to Christ and follow His purposes for them) and to accept His invitation to new life by faith in His Son, Jesus (Acts 2:38; Matthew 3:2). Along with this invitation comes the work of the Holy Spirit within a person, giving him or her the power and ability to respond to God. (b) Those who respond in faith and accept Christ as Lord and Savior – the Forgiver of their sins and Leader of their lives – receive additional grace. This allows them to be spiritually renewed, or “born again” (John 3:7), by the Spirit. In the process, the Holy Spirit comes to reside within them, also making available Christ’s invitation to be filled with the Spirit for additional power to communicate His message of forgiveness and new life to others (Acts 1:8; 2:38; Ephesians 5:18). (c) Those who become new creations in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) receive continuing grace to live for Christ, resist sin and serve God’s purposes (Romans 8:13-14; 2 Corinthians 9:8). God’s grace operates within committed followers of Christ, giving them both the desire and the power to fulfill God’s good purpose for their lives (Philippians 2:12; Philippian 2:13). From beginning to end, salvation is by the grace of God.

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  1. THOSE … DIOBEDIENT / EPHESIANS 2:1-2
  2. THE FULLNESS OF HIM / EPHESIANS 1:22-23
  3. IN MY PRAYERS / EPHESIANS 16-20
  4. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  5. HOLY SPIRIT … A DEPOSIT / EPHESIANS 1:13-14
  6. SEAL … HOLY SPIRIT / EPHESIANS 1:13
  7. CHOSEN … PREDESTINED / EPHESIANS 1:11-12
  8. TO BRING UNDER ONE HEAD / EPHESIANS 1:10
  9. THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9
  10. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  11. IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1
  12. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  13. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  14. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  15. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  16. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  17. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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THOSE … DIOBEDIENT / EPHESIANS 2:1-2

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(KJV) Ephesians 2:1-2

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

THOSE … DIOBEDIENT / EPHESIANS 2:1-2

Ephesians 2:1-4 reveal several reasons why Christians should have great compassion and mercy for those who do not know Christ, who are still going their own way and are still trapped in their sins (resistance, opposition against God).

  1. All who are living apart from Christ are under the influence of “the ruler of the kingdom of the air,” Satan (Ephesians 2:2). Satan has blinded their minds to the truth of God (Ephesians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 4:3-4). They are enslaved to sin and the ungodly cravings of their sinful nature (Ephesians 2:3; Luke 4:18).
  2. Because of the spiritual condition of people who have not been transformed through a personal relationship with Christ, they cannot understand or accept the truth without God’s grace (His undeserved favor, love, help and enablement, Ephesians 2:5, 8; 1 Corinthians 1:18; Titus 2:11-14).
  3. Christians must see everyone from the Biblical perspective. They should view with compassion those who are caught up in immoral behavior and ungodly pride because such people are in spiritual slavery to sin and Satan (Ephesians 2:1-3; John 3:16). 
  4. Those who are without Christ are still responsible for their sins and offenses against God. That is because God gives every human being enough spiritual light and grace – even in their own consciences – that they can recognize God and turn to Him and escape their slavery to sin because of the freedom provided through Christ (John 1:9; Romans 1:18-32; 2: 1-16).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. THE FULLNESS OF HIM / EPHESIANS 1:22-23
  2. IN MY PRAYERS / EPHESIANS 16-20
  3. HOLY SPIRIT … A DEPOSIT / EPHESIANS 1:13-14
  4. SEAL … HOLY SPIRIT / EPHESIANS 1:13
  5. CHOSEN … PREDESTINED / EPHESIANS 1:11-12
  6. TO BRING UNDER ONE HEAD / EPHESIANS 1:10
  7. THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9
  8. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  9. IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1
  10. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  11. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  12. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  13. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  14. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  15. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  16. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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THE FULLNESS OF HIM / EPHESIANS 1:22-23

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) Ephesians 1:22-23

 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

THE FULLNESS OF HIM / EPHESIANS 1:22-23

The word translated “fullness” (Greek pleroma) occurs three times in the book of Ephesians (Ephesians 1:23; 3:19; 4:13). This passage describes the fullness of Christ as it is present in the church as His body. The church (the community of all true followers of Christ) has the potential to take part in and benefit from all that Jesus is, all that He has accomplished and all that He possesses. This is all for the purpose of continuing His ministry and mission in the world (Paul’s prayer for “fullness” in Ephesians 3:16-21). Paul further explains that the church is on a journey toward spiritual maturity “until” it reaches its full potential of “attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13) in life, ministry and mission. The fact that God the Holy Spirit comes in fullness to reproduce the life, ministry and mission of Jesus Christ through the church is one of the most important themes in the book of Acts.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. IN MY PRAYERS / EPHESIANS 16-20
  2. HOLY SPIRIT … A DEPOSIT / EPHESIANS 1:13-14
  3. SEAL … HOLY SPIRIT / EPHESIANS 1:13
  4. CHOSEN … PREDESTINED / EPHESIANS 1:11-12
  5. TO BRING UNDER ONE HEAD / EPHESIANS 1:10
  6. THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9
  7. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  8. IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1
  9. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  10. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  11. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  12. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  13. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  14. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  15. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

Guided By Grace