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For God has not given us a spirit of timidity (fear…cowardice), but (God has given us a spirit) of power and (unconditional) love and discipline.
‘Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
TODAY’S STUDY
Unconditional Love is the Conduct of the Body of Christ
I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
…ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory (essence) of God…
But I (Paul) am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.
ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK
Read Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians
He (God the Father) made known to us (believers in Christ) the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention, which He purposed in Him (the Lord Jesus Christ)…
…with a view to an administration (a dispensation…the Church Age) suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.
Then I (John the Revelator) saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years…
…and he ((the angel) threw him (Satan) into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he (Satan) would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he (Satan) must be released for a short time.
STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS
Chapters 1-3 Sit We are to learn God’s plan for our lives
Chapters 4-5 Walk We incorporate God’s plan into our lifestyle
Chapter 6 Stand We take a stand against the devil
Therefore I (Paul), the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called…
BREAK
Arms of Love
When I Think About Home
NEW SELF LIFE CONDUCT FOR “THE BODY” reveals
walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called
walk with all humility
walk with all gentleness
walk with all patience
showing tolerance for one another in (unconditional) love
NEW SELF LIFE CONDUCT FOR “THE BODY” reveals
being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit
walk in the bond of peace
build up of the body of Christ
attain the unity of the faith
attain the knowledge of the Son of God
become mature
walk to the measure of the stature which
belongs to the fullness of Christ
NEW SELF LIFE CONDUCT FOR “THE BODY” reveals
speaking the truth in (unconditional) love
grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head…Christ
growth of the body for the building up of itself in love
STOP IT! TO OLD SELF LIFE CONDUCT FOR “THE BODY” reveals
no longer to be children
no longer to be tossed here and there by waves
no longer to be carried about by every wind of doctrine
no longer to be fooled by the trickery of men
no longer be fooled by craftiness in deceitful scheming\
STOP IT! TO OLD SELF LIFE CONDUCT FOR “THE BODY” reveals
you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk… in the futility of their mind
no longer be darkened in your understanding
no longer be excluded from the life of God because of ignorance
no longer be hard of heart
no longer be callous
STOP IT! TO OLD SELF LIFE CONDUCT FOR “THE BODY” reveals
no longer give yourself over to sensuality
no longer practice every kind of impurity with greediness
in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit
NEW SELF LIFE CONDUCT FOR “THE BODY” reveals
be renewed in the spirit of your mind
put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
laying aside falsehood
NEW SELF LIFE CONDUCT FOR “THE BODY” reveals
SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR
BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN
do not let the sun go down on your anger
do not give the devil an opportunity
STOP IT! TO OLD SELF LIFE CONDUCT FOR “THE BODY” reveals
He who steals must steal no longer…but rather…labor…performing with your own hands what is good…have something to share with one who has need
let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth…only words good for edification according to the need of the moment
STOP IT! TO OLD SELF LIFE CONDUCT FOR “THE BODY” reveals
do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God
let all bitterness and wrath and anger be put away from you
let all clamor and slander be put away from you
let all malice be put away from you
NEW SELF LIFE CONDUCT FOR “THE BODY” reveals
be kind to one another
be tender-hearted
forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you\
CLOSING SONG
When You Suffer
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