ONE BODY
There is one body and one Spirit
just as there is also one hope that
belongs to the calling you received.
(Ephesians 4.4).
POINTS FOR MEDITATION
1) There is no other future
destiny to hope outside
of Jesus.
2) His purpose stands. We stand
with Him.
3) Our future is secure in His eternity.
4) There is one body of Christ.
He is the head of the body.
The Holy Spirit unites us
with His unique power.
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU
LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
That you may really come to know
experientially for yourself
the love of Christ, which far
surpasses mere knowledge,
that you may be filled unto
all the fullness of God ( may have the
richest measure of the divine
Presence and become a body
wholly filled and flooded
with God Himself)!
(Ephesians 3.19).
POINTS FOR PRAISE
AND MEDITATION
1) As the Father grants us His
holy empowerment through
the Holy Spirit living in us
Jesus is now residing in us.
2) This is how we are secure in
His love and experience with all
the saints the fullest measure of
His totally amazing love.
3) Then we are able to truly experience
the love of Christ.
4) Experiential knowing far surpasses
mere knowledge both qualitatively and
quantitatively. This is a real life phenomenon
which is lifelong, actually forever.
5) When this is actualized, our entire being and
the church is flooded with all fullness, the entire
fullness of God with the richest measure of the
divine Presence and become a body completely
filled and flooded with God Himself.
This is real fulfillment!
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS!
And He designed to reconcile to God
both Jew and Gentile united in a single
body by means of His cross, thereby
killing the enmity and bringing the feud
to an end.
And He came and preached the glad tidings
to you who were afar off and peace to those
who were near.
For it is through Him that we both (whether far
off or near) now have an introduction (access)
by one (Holy) Spirit to the Father ( so that we
are able to approach Him).
Therefore you are no longer outsiders (exiles,
migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights
of citizens), but you now share citizenship with
the saints (God’s own people, consecrated and
set apart for Himself), and you belong to God’s
household.
(Ephesians 2.16-19).
POINTS FOR MEDITATION AND PRAISE
1) We are no longer strangers to God.
God is our Father. We are His children.
We know Him intimately through Jesus
Christ and by the Holy Spirit.
2) The Holy Spirit communicates His
deep love to us and our deepest concerns
back to Him.
3) We are God’s household thanks to Jesus
Christ.
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS!
H
JESUS, THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES
Far above all rule and authority,
power, dominion and every name
that is named, not only in this age
and this world, but also in the age
and the world which are to come.
And He has put all things under
His feet and has appointed Him the
universal and supreme Head of
the church.
Which is His body, the fullness
of Him Who fills all in all ( for
in the body lives the full measure
of Him Who makes everything
complete and Who fills everything
everywhere with Himself.
(Ephesians 1. 21-23).
POINTS FOR PRAISE
AND MEDITATION
1) Jesus is above all
authority anywhere
forever. His name is
above all names.
2) He is the head of the
church and the church
is His body.
3) His fullness is lived in
the church. His fullness
fills everything everywhere
with Jesus Himself.
AMEN! HALLELUJAH!
TRANSFORMED
For our citizenship is in heaven,
from which we also eagerly await
for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Who will transform our lowly body
that it may be conformed to His
glorious body, according to the working
by which He is able to subdue all things
to Himself.
( Philippians 3.20 and 21).
MEDITATION POINTS
Please meditate on these points:
1) Belonging to God’s Kingdom as
fellow citizens and children of God.
2) Being co-heirs with Jesus Christ.
3) Jesus Christ will transform our
bodies to be like His, full of glory
and majesty, by exerting His power
which enables Him to subdue
everything to Himself.
YOUR NEW LIFE
We were buried with Him by the baptism
into death, so that just as Christ was raised
from the dead by the glorious power of
the Father, so we too might live and behave
in newness of life.
For if we have become one with Him by
sharing a death like His, we shall also be
one with Him in sharing His resurrection
by a new life lived for God.
We know that our old self was nailed to the cross
with Him in order that our body which is
the instrument of sin might be made
ineffective and inactive for evil, that we
no longer be slaves of sin.
For when a person dies, he or she is freed
from the power of sin.
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe
that we shall also live with Him.
( Romans 6.4-8).
Consider and pray about the following:
1) We are no longer the same person we had
been before baptism.
2) Our motivations, thoughts and actions are
now being transformed to be conformed to
the motivations, thoughts and actions of
Jesus Christ.
3) Our perspective of the world, people and
events are shaped by the Holy Spirit to be
in line with His perspective.
4) The life we live is led by the Holy Spirit.
5) We are not in charge of our life.
Jesus Christ is the Leader of our life.
6) We are no longer constrained by the
physical limits of human power and
abilities.
7) The power at work in us is the same
power which raised Jesus from the dead.
Please read MANIFESTATION OF GOD’S CHILDREN
For we know that the whole creation
groans and labors
with birth pains together until now.
Not only that but we also who have
the first fruits of the Spirit
even we ourselves groan
within ourselves
eagerly
waiting for the adoption
the redemption of our body.
For we were saved in this hope
but hope that is seen is
not hope for why does one still
hope for what he sees
But if we hope for what
we do not see we eagerly wait
for it with perseverence.
Likewise the Spirit also helps in
our weaknesses.
For we do not know
what we should
pray for as we ought,
but the Spirit Himself
makes intercession
for us with groanings
which can not be uttered.
Now He who searches the hearts
knows what the mind of
the Spirit is, because He makes
intercession for the saints
according to the will of God.
And we know that all things work
together for good to
those who love God, to those who
are the called according
to His purpose.
(Romans 8.22-28).
POINTS FOR REFLECTION
1) The groaning and laboring of nature
2) The firstfruits of the Spirit
3) The redemption of the body
4) Waiting in hope
5) The description of hope
6) Help from the Holy Spirit
7) Intercession by the Holy Spirit
The answers to these questions are vitally important.