There is one body and one Spirit, just as there is also

one hope that belongs to the calling you received.

There is one Lord, one faith one baptism, One God

the Father of us all, Who is above all, Sovereign over

all, pervading all and living in us all.

Yet grace (God’s unmerited favor) was given to each

of us individually (not indiscriminately, but in different

ways) in proportion to the measure of Christ’s rich and

bounteous gift. Therefore it is said, When He ascended on

high, He led captivity captive (He led a train of vanquished

foes) and he bestowed gifts on men.(Ephesians 4.4-8).

POINTS FOR PRAISE AND MEDITATION

1) There is one Lord, one Spirit, one body, one faith, one

baptism, one God and Father of us all who is above all,

pervading all and living in us all. HALLELUJAH!

2) Each believer has specifically been blessed with grace,

which is God’s unmerited favor according to the measure

of Christ’s rich gift. The measure is unlimited as we saw in

Ephesians 1.19.

3) The rich gift of Christ is described and predicted by the psalmist

who alludes to God’s Kingdom rule in prophetic and spiritual

ways which cover the past, present and future. This has to do

with each individual Christian and the Church, because this is

the holy place where the Lord dwells.

Here is Psalm 68.13-20):

“Though you (the slackers) may lie among the sheepfolds (in slothful ease,

yet for Israel) the wings of a dove are covered with silver, its pinions

excessively green with gold (trophies recovered from the enemy).

When the Almighty scattered kings in the land, it was as when it snows

on Zalmon (a wooded hill near Shechem).

Is Mount Bashan the high mountain of summits, Mount Bashan the

mount of God? Why do you look with grudging and with envy, you

many-peaked mountains, at the mountain which God has desired for

His dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon

thousands. The Lord is among them as He was in Sinai, in the

Holy Place.

YOU HAVE ASCENDED ON HIGH. YOU HAVE LED AWAY CAPTIVE

A TRAIN OF VANQUISHED FOES. YOU HAVE RECEIVED GIFTS OF

MEN, YES of the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell there

with them.

Blessed be the Lord, who bears our burdens and carries us day by day,

the God Who is our salvation! Selah (pause and calmly think of that)!

God is to us a God of deliverances and salvation and to God the Lord

belongs escape from death (setting us free).

4) Here in this psalm the Lord Who bears our burdens, whose

burden is easy and burden is light Jesus the Christ is the One

Who delivers and sets us free from sin and death, our God Who is

our salvation. The very name Jesus literally means (God Who IS

Salvation).

5) St. Paul in a turn of the phrase states that Jesus Christ led

captivity captive and bestowed gifts to humanity. This is different from

the context of the psalm where a train of captives were being led and the

Lord received gifts of men.

When the Lord led captivity captive He destroyed the power the

devil which kept  mankind captive to the  fear of death. This is

explained here by the author of Hebrews:

” Since, therefore His children share in flesh and blood, He himself

in asimilar manner partook of the same nature, that by going through

death He might bring to nought and make of no effect him who had the

power of death, that is the devil-

And also that He might deliver and completely set free all those who

through the haunting fear of death were held in bondage throughout

the course of their lives. “(Hebrews 2. 14& 15).

In the psalm He receives gifts. In Ephesians St. Paul is saying that

the Lord gives each believer individual spiritual gifts.

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

His divine power gives us

everything we need for

living a godly life.

He has called us to receive

His own glory and goodness!

And by that same mighty

power, He has given us all of

His rich and wonderful promises.

He has promised that you will

escape the decadence all around

you caused by evil desires

and that you will share in His divine

nature.

( II.Peter 1.3 and 4)

POINTS FOR PRAISE

AND MEDITATION

1) The divine power

of Jesus Christ grants you

everything you need for

a godly life.

2) The purpose of His calling

for us is to receive His promises

full of His glory and goodness,

3) He rescues us from the corruption,

entropy that is caused by lust.

Thereby He allows us to share in His

divine nature.

THANK YOU LORD JESUS!

For even the whole creation-all nature-

waits expectantly and longs earnestly

for God’s sons to be made known.

For the creation was subjected to futility

not because of some intentional fault on its

part, but by the will of Him

Who subjected it- yet with the hope

that creation itself will be set free

from its bondage to decay and corruption

and gain an entrance into the

glorious freedom of God’s children.

( Romans 8.19-21).

MEDITATION

Meditate on the following:

1) Hope that’s seen is not hope, because

the hoped for reality is not yet manifested.

2) Now hope does not disappoint, because

the love of God has been poured out in our

hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to

us ( Romans 5.5).

3) Nature is subjected to decay, entropy,

futility and frustration, yet awaits with eager

anticipation the manifestation of God’s children.

4) Beloved, now we are the children of God,

and it has not yet been revealed what we

shall be, but we know that when He is revealed

we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him

as He is. ( I.John 3.2).

5) When Jesus Christ is revealed, then

God’s children will also be revealed.

At that time nature will escape corruption.