MARRIED
Husbands, love your wives,
as Christ loved the church
and gave Himself up for her,
So that he might sanctify her,
having cleansed her by the
washing of water with the Word,
That He might present the church
to Himself in glorious splendor,
without spot or wrinkle or any such
things (that she might be holy, perfect).
Even so husbands, should love their
wives as (being in a sense), their own
bodies.
(Ephesians5.25-28).
For He is Himself our peace, our bond
of unity and harmony. He has made
us both Jew and Gentile one body,
and has broken down, destroyed, abolished
the hostile dividing wall between us.
By abolishing in His own crucified flesh
the enmity caused by the Law with its decrees
and ordinances (which he annuled), that He
from the two might create in himself one
new human (one new quality of humanity out
of the two), so making peace.
(Ephesians 2.14 and 15).
POINTS FOR PRAISE AND MEDITATION
1) Jesus Christ is our peace.
He is the way, the truth and the life.
He is our wisdom. He is the resurrection
and the life. He is also our peace.
2) The wall of separation that existed
under the old covenant no longer
exists under the new covenant.
The barrier is no longer there.
Belief in Jesus Christ allows entering into
the covenant made possible by His
blood. This covenant is made with better,
much greater and everlasting promises.
HALLELUJAH! PRAISE THE LORD JESUS!
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!
THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM
AND REVELATION
Therefore I also, after I heard
of your faith in the Lord Jesus
and your love for all the saints,
Do not cease to give thank for you,
making mention of you in my prayers:
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory, may give to you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation
in the knowledge of Him,
( Ephesians 1. 15-17)
POINTS OF PRAISE AND MEDITATION
1) The great significance and value of
your faith in Jesus Christ and love for
fellow saints.
2) This faith and love are God’s gift.
3) The importance of praying and
thanking for fellow saints.
4) The Father of glory gives us the
Holy Spirit, who is the Advocate,
Helper and Comforter, the Spirit
of wisdom and revelation.
5) This wisdom of insight into the
mysteries and secrets in the deep
and intimate knowledge of Him
is granted to you by our Father
in heaven.
YOU IN THE DIVINE MYSTERY
Having made known to us the mystery
of His will in accordance with His good
pleasure which He had previously purposed
and set forth in Him.
That in the dispensation of the fullness of the
times to unify all things in Christ, both things
in heaven and things on the earth, in Him.
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance,
being predestined according to the purpose
of Him who works all things according to the
counsel of His will.
That we who first trusted in Christ should be
to the praise of His glory!
POINTS FOR PRAISE AND MEDITATION
1) God’s divine mystery revealed.
2) The divine mystery in the culmination
of the ages will unify everything in Christ.
3) As God works out everything according
to the counsel of His will He has predestined
us who first trusted in Jesus Christ to His
inheritance.
4) His destiny for all who trust in Jesus
Christ is to live for the praise of His glory!
HALLELUJAH! PRAISE THE LORD!
THE NATURE OF SIN
What then do we conclude?
Is the Law identical with sin?
Certainly not! Nevertheless,
if it had not been for the Law,
I would not have recognized
sin. For instance I would not
have known about covetousness
if the Law had not said, You should
not covet and have an evil desire.
But sin, finding an opportunity, to
express itself got a hold on me and
provoked forbidden desires such as
lust and covetousness. For without
the Law sin is inactive.
Once I was alive, but quite apart from
the Law. But when the commandment
came, sin came alive and I died.
And the very legal ordinance which was
designed to bring life actually proved
death.
For sin, seizing the opportunity from the
commandment, beguiled me and using it
as a weapon, killed me.
The Law therefore is holy, and the
commandment is holy, just and good.
Romans 7.7-12).
Consider the following:
1) The Law is just, holy and good.
2) The problem is with human
sinful nature.
3) Sinful nature is enticed and
entrapped by the allure of sin.
4) Sin ends in death.
5) This is a vicious cycle which
is at work on those unaware
of the Law also.
6) The notion of sin or taboo is
pervasive in every society and
every human heart.
( More on this in Romans 2.14 and 15).
7) The Law proscribes what is taboo
in God’s sight and regulates human behavior.
However, the root cause of sinful behavior,
the violation of taboo, is wrong thinking due
to sinful nature.
Right action is predicated on right thinking.
A new mind based on spiritual rebirth is required.
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ grants this to us.
He paid our sin debt in full. We can be reborn of
the water and the Spirit. This is how we enter the
Kingdom of God, become a new creation in Him and live
forever with Him, the Father and the Holy Spirit.
WE THANK YOU FOREVER LORD JESUS!
HALLELUJAH!
Do you not know brothers and sisters,
for I am speaking to those who are
acquainted with the Law, that the legal claims
have power over a person only for as
long as he or she is alive?
For instance, a married woman is bound
by law to her husband as long as he lives,
but if her husband dies, she is discharged
from the law concerning her husband.
Accordingly, if while her husband lives,
she marries another man, she will be
called an adulteress, but if her husband
dies, she is free from that law, so that
if she marries another man she is not an
adulteress.
Likewise my brothers and sisters you
have undergone death as to the Law
through the crucified body of Christ,
so that you may now belong to Another,
to Him Who was raised from the dead
in order that we may bear fruit to God.
( Romans 7.1-4).
Consider this and meditate:
1) The Law stipulated the codes
of behavior that is accepted by God.
2) We are alive in a new way which
brings about true righteousness,
spiritual life and eternal union with
God through our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ who rose from the dead and brought
about our justification and sanctification.
John answered saying,
I only baptize in water.
Among you there stands
One you do not recognize
and with Whom you are not
acquainted and of Whom you
know nothing.
It is He Who, coming after me,
is preferred before me,
the string of Whose sandal
I am not worthy to unloose.
These things occured in Bethany
across the Jordan where John was
then baptizing.
The next day John saw Jesus coming
to him and said, Look!
There is the Lamb of God, Who takes
away the sin of the world!
(John 1. 26-29).
Consider, meditate and pray about these verses.
I am the good shepherd and I know My sheep
and am known by My own.
As the Father knows Me even so I know the Father
and I lay down My life for the sheep.
(John 10.14 and 15).
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died
to save us from sin and death. He gives us eternal
life to enjoy with Him. We are eternally thankful.
We will forever praise, adore and worship Him
starting now.
THE LOVE OF CHRIST COMPELS US
For the love of Christ compels us,
because we judge thus, that if One
died for all, then all died,
And He died for all, that those
who live should live
no longer for themselves,
but for Him who died for them
and rose again.
( II. Corinthians 5.14 and 15).
POINTS FOR PRAYER
1) The love or charity of Jesus Christ urges or compels us
2) We were reckoned as dead because of trespasses and sins
3) Jesus Christ died to atone for our sins
4) Jesus Christ rose again so that we can live with Him
5) We therefore live for Him empowered by the Holy Spirit
6) The life we live is actually His life
7) Remember the scripture which indicates
that we were crucified with Him, yet we live
and the life we live is now no longer ours, but
His life, because He died and granted us His
salvation and His life, so we can walk in newness
of life as new creations in Christ.