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ONE

There is one body and one Spirit-

just as there is also one hope to

the calling you received-

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

One God and Father of all, Who

is above all, pervading all and

living in us all.

(Ephesians 4.4-6).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

MOST CERTAINLY

And Peter opened his mouth and said:

Most certainly and thoroughly I now

perceive and understand that God

shows no partiality and is no

respecter of persons.

But in every nation he who

venerates and has a reverential

fear of God, treating Him with worshipful

obedience and living uprightly,

is acceptable to Him and sure of

being received and welcomed by Him.

You know the contents of the message

which He sent to Israel, announcing

the good news (BEST NEWS EVER) 

of peace by Jesus Christ,

Who is Lord of all-

The  same message which was

proclaimed throughout all Judea, 

starting from Galilee after the baptism preached by John-

How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of

Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and … Continue Reading

ALIVE

What shall we say, then?

Shall we go on sinning so

that grace may increase?

By no means! We died to

sin; how can we live in it

any longer?

Or don’t you know that all

of us who were baptized into

Christ Jesus were baptized into

His death? We were therefore

buried with Him through baptism

into death in order that, just as Christ

was raised from the dead through the

glory of the Father, we too may live a

new life.

If we have been united with Him like

this in His death, we will certainly also

be united with Him in His resurrection.

For we know that our old self was crucified

with Him so that … Continue Reading

TO BRING YOU TO GOD

For Christ died once for all, the righteous for the

unrighteous, to bring you to God.

He was put to death in the body but made alive

by the Spirit, through Whom also He went and preached

to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when

God waited patiently in the days of Noah

while the ark was being built. In it only a few

people, eight in all, were saved through water,

and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you

also- not the removal of dirt from the body but the

pledge of a good conscience toward God.

It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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ONE LORD

ONE LORD

There is one Lord,

one faith, one baptism.

(Ephesians4.5).

POINTS FOR MEDITATION

AND PRAISE

1) Jesus Christ is the supreme

power in all creation.

2) As Creator and Savior

He sums all wisdom, majesty

and authority. ( Matthew 28.18).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS!

He conquered the grave.

He gives us His victory.

He gave us

eternal salvation!

SUPERABUNDANT FAVOR

SUPERABUNDANT FAVOR

But then Law came in

to expand the trespass

and make it apparent.

But where sin increased

God’s unmerited favor

superabounded.

So that as sin reigned

in death,

even so grace ( unearned

favor) might reign through

righteousness to eternal life

through Jesus Christ or Lord.

( Romans 5.20 and 21).

OUR RESPONSE TO

GOD’S SUPERABUDANT

FAVOR

is to yield ourselves as a

living sacrifice to God

as we shall see in the

following verses.

(Those of us who were

baptized into Christ Jesus

were baptized into His death.

We were buried therefore

with Him through baptism into

death, so that just as Christ was

raised from the dead by the

glory of the Father, even so

we also should walk in newness

of life.

( Romans 6.1-3).

Meditate and … Continue Reading