And you also were included in Christ
when you heard the word of truth,
the gospel (Best News Ever) of your
salvation. Having believed, you were
marked in Him with a seal, the promised
Holy Spirit, Who is a deposit guaranteeing
our inheritance until the redemption of
those who are God’s possession- to the
praise of His glory.
(Ephesians 1.13 & 14).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
In Him we have redemption through
His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in
accordance with the riches of God’s
grace that He lavished on us with all
wisdom and understanding.
(Ephesians 1.7 & 8).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the
will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the holy and faithful brothers and
sisters in Christ at Colosse:
Grace and peace to you from God our
Father.
We always thank God, the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
because we have heard of the love you
have for all the saints- the faith and love
that spring from the hope that is stored up
for you in heaven and that you have already
heard about in the word of truth, the gospel
(Best News Ever) that has come to you.
All over the world this gospel is bearing
fruit and growing, just as it has been doing
among you since the day you heard it and
understood God’s grace in all its truth.
You learned it from Epaphras, our dear
fellow servant, who s a faithful minister
of Christ on our behalf, and who also
told us of your love in the Spirit.
For this reason, since the day we
heard about you, we have not
stopped praying for you and asking
God to fill you with the knowledge of
His will through all spiritual wisdom
and understanding.
And we pray this in order that you may
live a life worthy of the Lord and may
please Him in every way:
bearing fruit in every good work,
growing in the knowledge of God,
being strengthened with all power
according to His glorious might so
that you may have great endurance
and patience, and joyfully giving
thanks to the Father Who has
qualified you to share in the
inheritance of the saints in the
kingdom of light.
For He has rescued us from the
dominion of darkness and brought us
into the kingdom of the Son He loves,
in Whom we have redemption, the
forgiveness of sins.
He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn over all creation.
For by Him all things were created:
things in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones
or powers or rulers or authorities;
all things were created by Him and for Him.
He is before all things, and in Him all things
hold together.
And He is the head of the body, the church;
He is the beginning and firstborn from among
the dead, so that in everything He might have
the supremacy. For God was pleased to have
all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him
to reconcile to Himself all things, whether
things on earth or things in heaven, by making
peace through His blood, shed on the cross.
(Colossians 1.1-20).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
CALLED TO FORGIVENESS
In Him we have redemption
through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches
of His grace.
Which He made to abound
toward us in all
wisdom and prudence.
( Ephesians 1. 7 and 8).
POINTS OF INSPIRATION,
MEDITATION AND PRAISE
1) Our salvation is through the
blood of Jesus Christ our Lord
and Savior.
2) We are set free from the vicious
cycle of sin and death.
3) This has been accomplished thanks
to Jesus Christ or Lord and Savior
who brought about our redemption,
forgiveness, remission of our sins,
offenses,shortcomings and trespasses.
4) This most important event is in
accordance with the riches and
generosity of His gracious favor.
5) God’s grace set us free in and through
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
PRAISES TO HIM FOREVER
CALLED TO PRAISE
For He foreordained us, planned in love
for us to be adopted and revealed as His
own children through Jesus Christ, in
accordance with the purpose of His will,
because it pleased Him and was His kind
intent.
So that we might be to the praise and the
commendation of His glorious grace and favor
which He so freely showered on us
in the Beloved.
( Ephesians 1. 5 and 6).
POINTS FOR MEDITATION
Please meditate on these facts:
1) God revealed His love by preordaining
you to be His child through Jesus Christ.
2) His purpose for His plan is for us to be
to the praise of His grace.
3) His grace has been freely poured out
in the Beloved ( Jesus Christ our Lord
and Savior.
4) The extremely deep significance of God’s
plan of redemption and adoption.
AMEN!