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Filled With The Presence of God · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  Filled with the presence of God.
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  As we continue on our walk through the scriptures seeking to understand the
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  importance of our witness, today we are going to examine being filled with the presence of God.
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  Ephesians 3, 17-19 says that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith,
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  that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints
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  what is the breadth and length and depth and height,
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  and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled
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  with all the fullness of God.
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  Paul is praying that the believers in Ephesus would place their faith in Jesus,
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  and be grounded and rooted in love.
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  It is natural for Paul to be declaring to the believers that they must be loving
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  people operating from a place of love, because we are commanded in John 13.34 to love one another.
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  Paul further tells us in John 13.35 that it is by our love we show to others
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  that those around us know that we are disciples of Jesus Christ.
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  So anyone who knows Jesus Christ as Savior and has him dwelling in their hearts
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  will be people who demonstrate love instead of hate, compassion instead of cruelty,
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  unity instead of division, joy
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  instead of despair, and will be people who possess a cooperative spirit.
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  People of God are to dwell in unity, not only with fellow believers,
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  but also with those who do not believe.
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  Paul tells us in Romans 12, 18, If it be possible, as much as lieth in you,
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  live peaceably with all men.
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  Paul is praying that being deeply grounded and rooted in love,
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  that you would be secure in Jesus and would be fully capable of comprehending,
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  along with all of God's people, the immense love God has for you.
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  Paul is praying that believers would truly experience the amazing,
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  never-ending love that God has for them.
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  Paul is telling us that God's love for us is forever.
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  It didn't stop with God sending His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross for our sins, John 3.16.
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  In fact, nothing can separate us from the love of God, Romans 8.38-39.
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  You can't lose His love for you. You can't do anything to keep from Him loving you.
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  The love of God is measureless and endless. It is sure and it is strong. It is deep and it is wide.
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  It is transforming, calming, and enduring. Jesus loves me. This I know.
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  Friend, this is a truth that you can't deny and that will always abide.
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  Paul continues his prayer for the believers, praying they would come to know,
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  through personal experience, the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge of his love.
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  Paul is praying that the believers in Ephesus would experience the love of Jesus
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  and thereby know firsthand the strength of God's love, the motivating power
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  of God's love, and the peace that God's love gives every believer.
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  Paul, who knew the fullness of God through the indwelling of Jesus in his heart,
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  wanted every believer to have that same experience.
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  The experience of being filled with the fullness of God from the head of God.
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  To the toe. He wanted every believer to embrace Jesus so they could experience
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  God's presence in their lives, being completely flooded with God himself.
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  Paul wanted every believer to live in the presence of God and to truly know him.
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  God is no respecter of persons, Acts 10.34. So, what Paul was praying for God
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  to do for the people of Ephesus, he will do for you.
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  Every born-again believer, past, present, and future, has the ability to fully
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  know God and to live full, victorious lives by putting their faith in Jesus Christ.
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  Fully trusting in Jesus and embracing Him with your whole heart creates in you
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  a desire and a longing to please Him.
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  It makes you victorious over the devil, 1 Corinthians 15.57.
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  It equips you, as you put on the whole armor of God, to face any challenge the
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  devil puts before you, Ephesians 6.13.
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  It makes you more than a conqueror. Nay, in all these things,
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  we are more than conquerors through him that loved us, Romans 8.37.
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  As you embrace Jesus in your life, you can't help but demonstrate his presence in your life.
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  Your desires will change, 2 Corinthians 5.17. Your attitude will be pleasant, Isaiah 26.3.
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  Your hope will be steadfast because you will know beyond a shadow of a doubt
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  that you are loved cared for protected and saved friends something this amazing
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  and this good simply can't be hidden or quieted,
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  when you are filled with the fullness of god you will be like the woman at the
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  well in john 4 29 you will proudly and frequently declare come see a man,
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  which told me all things ever i did Is not this the Christ?
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  Remember you are loved. Jesus loves you.
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