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Chosen Before Time | Ephesians 1 and God's Sovereignty (Sept 22) · 1 Year Audio Bible Podcast

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  Welcome to the Daily Audio Torah. Today is September
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  22nd. Now let's continue our journey reading through the
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  entire Bible in one year. This week we are reading from the New
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  Living Translation for the Old Testament and for the New Testament.
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  Deuteronomy 30:1-10.
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  In the future, when you experience all these blessings and
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  curses I have listed for you, and when you are living among the nations to
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  which the Lord your God has exiled you.
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  Take to heart all these instructions.
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  If at that time you and your children return to the Lord your God,
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  and if you obey with all your heart and all your soul all
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  the commands I have given you today, then the Lord
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  your God will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather
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  you back from all the nations where he has scattered you.
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  Even though you are banished to the ends of the earth, the Lord
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  your God will gather you from there and bring you back. The Lord your God
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  will return you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you
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  will possess that land again. Then he will make you even
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  more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors.
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  The Lord your God will change your heart and the hearts of all your descendants
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  so that you will love him with all your heart and soul, and though
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  you may live. The Lord your God will inflict
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  all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate
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  and persecute you. Then you will again
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  obey the Lord and keep all his commands that I am giving you
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  today. The Lord
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  your God will then make you successful in everything you do. He will give
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  you many children and numerous livestock, And He will cause
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  your fields to produce abundant harvests. For the
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  Lord will again delight in being good to you as He was
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  to your ancestors. The Lord your God will delight in you
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  if you obey His voice and keep the commands and decrees written
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  in this book of instruction, and if you
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  turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.
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  Isaiah 39:1-41:16.
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  Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of
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  Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and
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  a gift. He had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick and
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  that he had recovered. Hezekiah welcomed the Babylonian envoys and showed
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  them everything in his treasure houses— the silver, the gold,
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  the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took
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  them to see his armory and showed them all his other treasures—
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  everything. There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that
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  Hezekiah did not show them. Then Isaiah the prophet went to
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  King Hezekiah and asked him, where— what did those men
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  want? Where were they from?
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  Hezekiah replied, They came from a distant land of
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  Babylon. What did they see in your palace? asked Isaiah.
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  They saw everything, Hezekiah replied. I showed
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  them everything I own, all my treasures.
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  Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Listen to this message from the Lord Almighty.
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  The time is coming when everything you have, all the treasures
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  stored up by your ancestors, will be carried off to Babylon.
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  Nothing will be left, says the Lord. Some of your own descendants will be taken
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  away into exile. They will become
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  eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon's king.
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  Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, this message you have given
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  me from the Lord is good. But the king was thinking,
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  at least there will be peace and security during my lifetime.
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  Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly
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  to Jerusalem. Tell her that her sad days are gone
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  and that her sins are pardoned. Yes,
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  the Lord has punished her in full for all her sins.
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  Listen! I hear the voice of someone shouting, Make a
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  highway for the Lord through the wilderness! Make a straight, smooth road through
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  the desert for our God! Fill the valleys and level the hills; straighten
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  out the curves and smooth off the rough spots.
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  Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will
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  see it together. The Lord has
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  spoken. A voice said, shout! I asked, what should
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  I shout? Shout that people are like the grass that dies away.
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  Their beauty fades as quickly as the beauty of flowers in a field.
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  The grass withers and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the Lord,
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  and so it is with people. The grass withers and the flowers
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  fade, but the word of our God stands forever.
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  Messenger of good news, shout to Zion from the mountaintops!
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  Shout louder to Jerusalem! Do not be afraid!
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  Tell the towns of Judah, your God is coming! Yes,
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  the Sovereign Lord is coming in all his glorious power.
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  He will rule with awesome strength. See, he brings
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  his reward with him as he comes. He will feed
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  his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them
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  close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother
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  sheep with their young. Who else has held the oceans in
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  His hand? Who has measured off the heavens with His fingers?
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  Who else knows the weight of the earth or has weighed out
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  the mountains and the hills? Who is able to advise the Spirit
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  of the Lord? Who knows enough to be His teacher or counselor?
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  Has the Lord ever needed anyone's advice?
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  Does He need instruction about what is good or what is best?
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  No, for all the nations of the world are nothing in
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  comparison with him. They are but a drop in the
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  bucket, dust on the scales. He picks up the islands
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  as though they had no weight at all. All Lebanon's forests
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  do not contain sufficient fuel to consume a sacrifice
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  large enough to honor him. All Lebanon's sacrificial animals
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  would not make an offering worthy of our God.
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  The nations of the world are as nothing to him.
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  In his eyes, they are less than nothing, mere emptiness and froth.
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  To whom then can we compare God? What image might we
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  find to resemble him? Can he be compared to an idol formed
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  in a mold, overlaid with gold and decorated with silver chains?
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  Or is a poor person's wooden idol better?
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  Can God be compared to an idol that must be placed on
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  a stand so it won't fall down. Have you never heard or understood?
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  Are you deaf to the words of God, the words he gave before
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  the world began? Are you so ignorant? It is God who
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  sits above the circle of the earth. The people below must
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  seem to him like grasshoppers. He is the one who spreads out
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  the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them.
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  He judges the great people of the world and brings them all to nothing.
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  They hardly get started, barely taking root, When He
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  blows on them and their work withers, the wind carries them
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  off like straw. To whom will you compare Me?
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  Who is My equal? asks the Holy One. Look up into
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  the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them
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  out one after another, calling each by its name. And He counts
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  them to see that none are lost or have strayed away.
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  O Israel, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles?
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  How can you say God refuses to hear your case?
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  Have you never heard or understood? Don't you know that the Lord
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  is the everlasting God, the Creator of all
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  the earth? He never grows faint or weary.
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  No one can measure the depths of His understanding. He gives
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  power to those who are tired and worn out. He offers
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  strength to the weak. Even youths will become
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  exhausted and young men will give up. But those who wait on
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  the Lord will find new strength. They will
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  fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and
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  not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
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  Listen in silence before me, you lands
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  beyond the sea. Bring your strongest arguments.
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  Come now and speak. The court is ready for your case.
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  Who has stirred up this king from the east who meets victory at every step?
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  Who indeed but the Lord? He gives him victory
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  over many nations and permits him to trample their kings underfoot.
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  He puts entire armies to the sword; he scatters them in
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  the wind with his bow. He chases them away and goes on safely,
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  though he is walking over unfamiliar ground. Who has done
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  such mighty deeds, directing the affairs of the human race
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  as each new generation marches by? It is I, the Lord,
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  the First and the Last. I alone am He.
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  The lands beyond the sea watch in fear. Remote lands
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  tremble and mobilize for war. They encourage one another
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  with the words, Be strong! The craftsmen rush
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  to make new idols. The carver hurries the goldsmith,
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  and the molder helps at the anvil. Good, they say,
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  it's coming along fine. Carefully, they join
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  the parts together and then fasten the thing in place so
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  it won't fall over. But as for you,
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  Israel my servant, Jacob my chosen one, descended from
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  my friend Abraham, I have called you back from the ends of the
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  earth so you can serve me. For I have chosen you and will
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  not throw you away. Don't be afraid, for I am with
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  you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
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  I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold
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  you with my victorious right hand. See,
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  all your angry enemies lie there confused and ashamed.
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  Anyone who opposes you will die. You will look for them in
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  vain. They will all be gone. I am holding you by your right hand,
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  I, the Lord your God, and I say to you,
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  do not be afraid. I am here to help you. Despised though
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  you are, O Israel, don't be afraid, for I will
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  help you. I am the Lord your Redeemer. I am the Holy
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  One of Israel. You will be a new threshing instrument
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  with many sharp teeth. You will tear all your
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  enemies apart, making chaff of mountains.
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  You will toss them in the air, and the wind will blow them all away.
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  A whirlwind will scatter them, and the joy of the Lord will fill
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  you to overflowing. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
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  Ephesians 1:1-23.
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  This letter is from Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ
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  Jesus. It is written to God's holy people in Ephesus
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  who are faithful followers of Christ. May grace
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  and peace be yours, sent to you from God our Father and Jesus
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  Christ our Lord. How we praise God the Father of our Lord Jesus
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  Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms
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  because we belong to Christ. Long ago, even before
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  he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ
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  to be holy and without fault in his eyes. His unchanging
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  plan has always been to adopt us into
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  his own family by bringing us to himself through
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  Christ Jesus, and this gave him great pleasure.
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  So we praise God for the wonderful kindness He has poured out
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  on us because we belong to His dearly loved Son.
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  He is so rich in kindness that He purchased our
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  freedom through the blood of His Son, and our sins are forgiven.
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  God's secret plan has now been revealed
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  to us. It is a plan centered on Christ,
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  designed long ago according to his good pleasure.
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  And this is his plan: at the right time he will bring
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  everything together under the authority of Christ, everything in
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  heaven and on earth. Furthermore, because of
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  Christ we have received an inheritance from God, for he
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  chose us from the beginning, and all things
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  happen just as he decided long ago.
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  God's purpose was that we who were first to trust in Christ
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  should praise our glorious God. And now you also
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  have heard the truth, the good news that God saves you.
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  And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as
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  his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised
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  long ago. The Spirit is God's guarantee that
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  he will give us everything he promised and that He
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  has purchased us to be His own people. This is just one
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  more reason for us to praise our glorious God.
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  Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus
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  and your love for Christians everywhere, I have never stopped thanking
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  God for you. I pray for you constantly,
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  asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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  to give you spiritual, wisdom and understanding
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  so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.
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  I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so
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  that you can understand the wonderful future He has promised to those
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  He called. I want you to realize what a rich and
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  glorious inheritance He has given to His people.
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  I pray that you will begin to understand the incredible greatness
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  of his power for us who believe him. This is
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  the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and
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  seated him in the place of honor at God's right hand in the heavenly
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  realms. Now he is far above any ruler
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  or authority or power or leader or anything else in
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  this world or in the world to come. And God
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  has put all things under the authority of Christ, And he gave
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  him this authority for the benefit of the church.
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  And the church is his body. It is filled
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  by Christ, who fills everything everywhere with
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  his presence.
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  Psalm 66:1-20.
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  Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth! Sing about
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  the glory of his name! Tell the world how glorious He is!
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  Say to God, how awesome are Your deeds!
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  Your enemies cringe before Your mighty power.
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  Everything on earth will worship You. They will sing Your praises,
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  shouting Your name in glorious songs. Come and see what our God has
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  done, what awesome miracles He has done
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  for His people! He made a dry path through the Red
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  Sea, and his people went across on foot.
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  Come, let us rejoice in who he is,
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  for by his great power he rules forever.
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  He watches every movement of the nations. Let no
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  rebel rise in defiance.
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  Let the whole world bless our God and sing aloud his praises.
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  Our lives are in his hands, and he keeps our feet from stumbling.
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  You have tested us, O God. You have purified us like silver melted
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  in a crucible. You captured us in your net and laid
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  the burden of slavery on our backs. You sent troops
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  to ride across our broken bodies. We went through fire and flood,
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  but you brought us to a place of great abundance.
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  Now I come to your temple with burnt offerings to fulfill the
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  vows I made to you. Yes, the sacred vows you heard
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  me make when I was in deep trouble. That is why I
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  am sacrificing burnt offerings to you, the best
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  of my rams as a pleasing aroma, and I will sacrifice bulls
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  and goats. Come and listen, all you who
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  fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me. For I cried
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  out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. If I had not
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  confessed the sin of my heart, my Lord would
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  not have listened. But God did
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  listen. He paid attention to my prayer.
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  Praise God who did not ignore my prayer and did not withdraw
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  his unfailing love for me.
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  Proverbs 23:25-28.
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  So give your parents joy. May she who gave you
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  birth be happy. Oh my son, give me your heart.
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  May your eyes delight in my ways of wisdom. A prostitute
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  is a deep pit. An adulterous woman is treacherous.
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  She hides and waits like a robber looking for another victim
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  who will be unfaithful to his wife.
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  I want to speak to you today from our reading from Ephesians.
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  Chapter 1, and there's some really
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  deep, rich truth that comes out of this chapter.
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  I want to begin with verse
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  4 where it's written,
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  just as He— that is Jesus— chose us in Him
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  before the foundation of the world,
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  that we should be holy and without blame before
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  Him in love.
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  Now let us think about that. He chose
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  us in Him before the foundation of the world. He knew you.
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  So before you were born, before you were conceived,
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  you were a spirit. And He knew your spirit
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  before He ever said, let there be light. He knew you and
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  He chose you to be holy and without blame.
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  In verse 5, having predestined us to adoption
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  as sons and daughters by Jesus Christ to Himself
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  according to the good pleasure of His will.
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  So He's predestined us. He's chosen us to be adopted
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  into the family of God.
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  So this gets into a fascinating topic.
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  There's really no simple answer, and it's something that's been debated and
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  discussed for centuries: the sovereignty of God
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  versus the free will of man.
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  Did I choose Jesus? And ask Him to come into my heart,
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  or did He choose me? Did He
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  predestine and choose me before the foundation of the world to
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  be a daughter of the Most High? Yes,
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  and both. We have
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  a free will. God does not violate our free
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  will. If someone refuses Jesus and does not want to
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  walk with Him and wants to walk in their own way and not in
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  God's way, Jesus is a perfect gentleman, and He does not
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  violate somebody's free will. But I think where
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  this is going is that He knows ahead of time how
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  we're going to choose. Verse 7: He—
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  Jesus— is so rich in kindness that He purchased our freedom
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  through the blood of His Son, and our sins are forgiven.
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  He has showered His kindness on us along with all wisdom and
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  understanding. If you just meditate
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  on that and think about that for just a moment,
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  the kindness that He has,
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  that He was willing to lay down His life and die and
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  suffer and go through a horrible, excruciating,
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  painful death To purchase our freedom, our freedom
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  from sin, our freedom from our flesh, from our selfishness,
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  from our pride.
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  Verse 9: God's secret plan has now been
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  revealed to us. It is a plan centered on Christ,
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  designed long ago according to His good
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  pleasure. And this is His plan: At
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  the right time, he will bring everything together under the authority
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  of Christ— everything in heaven and on earth.
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  Furthermore, because of Christ, we have received an inheritance from God,
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  for he chose us from the beginning, and all things happen
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  just as he decided long ago.
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  So he has a plan.
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  And there's a day coming when
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  He will be in authority over everything.
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  Everything will come together under the authority of Christ. Right now,
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  Satan is having a field day on
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  planet Earth, and he's wreaking havoc and bringing division
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  and bringing strife and bringing wars.
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  And bringing all kinds of terrible things that happen
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  to people. But there's a day coming
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  when Jesus will rule and reign over all of
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  creation, over the heavens and the earth, and the enemy
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  Satan will no longer have any free rein upon the earth.
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  Verse 18, I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light
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  so that you can understand the wonderful future
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  He has promised to those He
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  has called. In the New
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  Living Translation or in the New
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  King James Version, that verse is a little
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  bit different. The eyes— I pray that the eyes of your understanding
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  would be enlightened so that you may
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  know what is the hope of His calling, what are
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  the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.
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  I think that sometimes our vision gets
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  clouded. Our vision gets dim,
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  even dark. It's almost like we're wearing
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  a blindfold. Or, you know, we're in a dark room and
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  we need the lights turned on. We need to be able to see clearly.
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  That's a really wonderful prayer.
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  Father, I do pray and agree with Paul
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  in his prayer. He's prayed for the Ephesians.
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  I pray this for each of us, those of us listening.
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  I pray that our hearts will be flooded with
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  light so that we will understand the wonderful
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  future that God has promised to each of us.
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  So verse 20,
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  the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and
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  seated Him in the place of honor at God's right hand in the
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  heavenly realms— that's tremendous power. The power
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  of God that raised Him from the dead. And now Jesus ascended,
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  and He now sits at the right hand of the Father in the heavenly realm.
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  Now He is far above any ruler or
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  authority or power or leader or anything else in this world or
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  in the world to come. And God has put all things
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  under the authority of Christ, and He gave Him this authority
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  for the benefit of the church. And the church is
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  His body. It is filled by Christ
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  who fills everything everywhere with His presence.
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  There's a couple of things here I want to unpack.
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  God has put all things under the authority of Christ.
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  So Jesus rules
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  and reigns and has authority over, and then you fill in the blank.
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  Over your singleness, over your divorce,
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  over your finances, over your children
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  who have wandered away from the faith, over your
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  job situation. You fill in the blank.
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  Whatever it is that you are struggling with that you would like to see a
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  breakthrough, you would like to see a change, Christ has
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  authority over all.
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  And you— he has authority over my children,
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  over my family, over my spouse, over my job,
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  over my whole life pathway.
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  He has authority. And so we are to just
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  remember that and cling to that and
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  line ourselves up with that. And here's the other thought
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  I want to unpack. He gave him this authority. Why?
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  For the benefit of the church. And the church
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  is His body.
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  It is filled by Christ who fills everything everywhere with His presence.
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  Beloved, we need to stop bashing the church.
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  We need to stop blaming the church. We need to stop accusing
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  the church. Now, we are to use discernment.
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  You don't want to be in a church that is woke, that has departed
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  from the Scriptures, that doesn't teach that the Bible, every word
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  of it, is the inerrant Word of God. You want to be in a
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  Bible-believing, Bible-teaching church.
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  But having said that,
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  once you're in a church, let's edify the church. Let's build
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  it up. Let's affirm it. Let's support it. With our finances,
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  with our energy, with our time, with our presence, with our fellowship.
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  The church is the body of Christ. The church
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  is the bride of Christ,
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  and His Spirit fills the
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  church. So let's not be church-bashing.
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  If you're in a woke church or a church that has departed from the
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  Word of God and is no longer teaching the word,
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  beloved, depart. Get into a Bible-believing,
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  Bible-teaching church. But once you're in that church,
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  stand strong with it. Support the church. Pray for the
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  pastor. Pray for the leaders. Serve,
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  fellowship, worship,
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  be involved, stay connected. The church
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  is your local family, spiritual family where you can connect.
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  We'll continue Ephesians tomorrow. Have a blessed day.
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  Yahweh Adonai,
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  Panav Elaka,
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  Vikunneka.
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  Yeshua Adonai,
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  Panav Elaka.
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  The Aaronic Blessing from Numbers chapter 6,
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  24 to 26.
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  Adonai bless you and keep you.
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  Adonai make his face to shine upon you and
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  be gracious to you. Adonai lift up his countenance upon
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  you and give you peace.