Post by Shepherd on Mar 2, 2009 8:48:18 GMT -6
EPH-4-II ONE BODY—ONE SPIRIT
EPHESIANS 4:4-6...THERE IS ONE BODY, AND ONE SPIRIT, EVEN AS YE ARE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING: ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM. ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS ABOVE ALL, AND TROUGH ALL, AND IN YOU ALL.
Do you know that it is true that all Christians belong together, because they belong to each other?
Paul yearns to help Christians in their daily walk with the Lord. In the Spirit, the Christian has been born again, and now is a child of God living in Christ, even though he is a child of God, and believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, and has been born again, the old man is in his flesh and is still around. We have to keep it under subjection.
The Christian finds he is the battle ground of two forces: Satan, tempting the natural man to do as he pleases, and Christ, who leads by His Spirit to do the will of God. Remember, the natural man can be religious, he can be a member of the church, and can even occupy the pulpit.
At the same time, Christ leads the spiritual soul by His Spirit and by His grace. The spiritual man, that part of the Christian that belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ, will inwardly be moved to worship God and to serve Him. The natural man is aware of self. He is sensitive to what I want—such things as I can feel, taste, touch, hear, and smell. The spiritual man is aware of Christ, and of what God approves. This awareness of Christ is grounded in the revelation that is in the Word, in the Scriptures.
The Christian, who feeds himself by reading the Scriptures and by hearing the truth of the Gospel as it is preached. The Apostle Paul speaks of this spiritual relationship: THERE IS ONE BODY, AND ONE SPIRIT, EVEN AS YE ARE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING; ONE LORD , ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM, ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS ABOVE ALL, AND THROUGH ALL, AND IN YOU ALL. EPHESIANS 4:4-6.
There is one body, all Christians are members of the body of Christ. They are known as the body of Christ, and the Bible speaks of them as the Church.
THERE IS ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT. He is the Holy Ghost of God. the Bible warns us not to believe every spirit, because not every spirit is of God.
There is one Holy Ghost. We speak of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holly Ghost. Now the Holy Ghost of God is one, only One. He comes from God and He is God, so Paul writes THERE IS ONE BODY , ONE SPIRIT.
EVEN AS YE ARE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING. What is the hope of a Christian? The hope for the Christian is to be raised from the dead by the Lord Jesus Christ. The Christian has been forgiven; Jesus Christ did die for the sinner He has carried my sins away. I have a hope and what is that which is ahead of me? I can have the marvelous hope that I will be raise from the dead in the Lord Jesus Christ to be with Him forever by the power of God.
JOHN 14:1-3..LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED; YE BELIEVER IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME. IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS; IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN, AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF, THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YE MAY BE ALSO.
I have the hope of seeing the Lord face to face. I have the hope that there is another life after this one, that when I am through here, I will be there . I will be absent from the body, present with the Lord. One thing we can expect as a Christian is that we will be raise from the dead or raptured.
The living Lord Jesus, in whom each Christian depends and who each Christian wants to serve is the ONE LORD. The one faith we have is the faith that the Lord Jesus Christ died for us, and belongs to us, this is true for every Christian.
ONE BAPTISM refers to the coming of the Holy Ghost into the heart of the Christian. The coming of he Holy Ghost, when He is known and realized, may affect people in different ways, but He is all was the same in Himself. The One being sent from God to be in our hearts is the Holy Ghost, and He comes to us and comes into us by the grace of God.
ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL. When the Christian deals with God there is no one else, we are with God, His Word, His plan, His promise is supreme. The God head if God the Father, God the Sone, God the Holy Ghost.
It is natural for me to try to visualize the God head. When I want to be looking at the Lord Jesus Christ, I might remember how it happened to Zaccheus. He was the short man who climbed up a tree to see Jesus. He got the surprise of his life. when he saw Jesus, Jesus saw him. The first aspect that I realize is that He came for me. It cost Him His life, but He died for me. The first word I hear from the Lord. COME UNTO ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
This is the first truth that I understand as a Christian. It is basic in my soul. HE DIED FOR ME. I am caught up in His love. I love Him because He first loved me. God does something in me, to me and for me through Christ Jesus. He adopts me as His child. He gives me His Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost moves me into his will. I tell you, it is a wonderful thing to belong to God in Christ.
EPHESIANS 4:4-6...THERE IS ONE BODY, AND ONE SPIRIT, EVEN AS YE ARE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING: ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM. ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS ABOVE ALL, AND TROUGH ALL, AND IN YOU ALL.
Do you know that it is true that all Christians belong together, because they belong to each other?
Paul yearns to help Christians in their daily walk with the Lord. In the Spirit, the Christian has been born again, and now is a child of God living in Christ, even though he is a child of God, and believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, and has been born again, the old man is in his flesh and is still around. We have to keep it under subjection.
The Christian finds he is the battle ground of two forces: Satan, tempting the natural man to do as he pleases, and Christ, who leads by His Spirit to do the will of God. Remember, the natural man can be religious, he can be a member of the church, and can even occupy the pulpit.
At the same time, Christ leads the spiritual soul by His Spirit and by His grace. The spiritual man, that part of the Christian that belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ, will inwardly be moved to worship God and to serve Him. The natural man is aware of self. He is sensitive to what I want—such things as I can feel, taste, touch, hear, and smell. The spiritual man is aware of Christ, and of what God approves. This awareness of Christ is grounded in the revelation that is in the Word, in the Scriptures.
The Christian, who feeds himself by reading the Scriptures and by hearing the truth of the Gospel as it is preached. The Apostle Paul speaks of this spiritual relationship: THERE IS ONE BODY, AND ONE SPIRIT, EVEN AS YE ARE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING; ONE LORD , ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM, ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS ABOVE ALL, AND THROUGH ALL, AND IN YOU ALL. EPHESIANS 4:4-6.
There is one body, all Christians are members of the body of Christ. They are known as the body of Christ, and the Bible speaks of them as the Church.
THERE IS ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT. He is the Holy Ghost of God. the Bible warns us not to believe every spirit, because not every spirit is of God.
There is one Holy Ghost. We speak of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holly Ghost. Now the Holy Ghost of God is one, only One. He comes from God and He is God, so Paul writes THERE IS ONE BODY , ONE SPIRIT.
EVEN AS YE ARE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING. What is the hope of a Christian? The hope for the Christian is to be raised from the dead by the Lord Jesus Christ. The Christian has been forgiven; Jesus Christ did die for the sinner He has carried my sins away. I have a hope and what is that which is ahead of me? I can have the marvelous hope that I will be raise from the dead in the Lord Jesus Christ to be with Him forever by the power of God.
JOHN 14:1-3..LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED; YE BELIEVER IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME. IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS; IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN, AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF, THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YE MAY BE ALSO.
I have the hope of seeing the Lord face to face. I have the hope that there is another life after this one, that when I am through here, I will be there . I will be absent from the body, present with the Lord. One thing we can expect as a Christian is that we will be raise from the dead or raptured.
The living Lord Jesus, in whom each Christian depends and who each Christian wants to serve is the ONE LORD. The one faith we have is the faith that the Lord Jesus Christ died for us, and belongs to us, this is true for every Christian.
ONE BAPTISM refers to the coming of the Holy Ghost into the heart of the Christian. The coming of he Holy Ghost, when He is known and realized, may affect people in different ways, but He is all was the same in Himself. The One being sent from God to be in our hearts is the Holy Ghost, and He comes to us and comes into us by the grace of God.
ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL. When the Christian deals with God there is no one else, we are with God, His Word, His plan, His promise is supreme. The God head if God the Father, God the Sone, God the Holy Ghost.
It is natural for me to try to visualize the God head. When I want to be looking at the Lord Jesus Christ, I might remember how it happened to Zaccheus. He was the short man who climbed up a tree to see Jesus. He got the surprise of his life. when he saw Jesus, Jesus saw him. The first aspect that I realize is that He came for me. It cost Him His life, but He died for me. The first word I hear from the Lord. COME UNTO ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
This is the first truth that I understand as a Christian. It is basic in my soul. HE DIED FOR ME. I am caught up in His love. I love Him because He first loved me. God does something in me, to me and for me through Christ Jesus. He adopts me as His child. He gives me His Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost moves me into his will. I tell you, it is a wonderful thing to belong to God in Christ.
