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RAISED UP

As for you, you were dead in your

transgressions and sins, in which

you used to live when you followed

the ways of this world and of the ruler

of the kingdom of the air, the spirit

who is at work in those who are

disobedient.

All of us also lived among them at

one time, gratifying the cravings

of our sinful nature and following

its desires and thoughts.

Like the rest, we were by nature

objects of wrath.

But because of His great love for us,

God, Who is rich in mercy, made us

alive with Christ even when we were

dead in transgressions- it is by grace

you have been saved.

And God raised us up … Continue Reading

WHEN

For we were once thoughtless and senseless, obstinate

and disobedient, deluded and misled; (we too were once)

slaves to all sorts of cravings and pleasures, wasting our

days in malice and jealousy and envy, hateful and hating

one another.

But when the goodness and loving-kindness of God our

Savior to man appeared,

He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness

that we had done, but because of His own pity and mercy,

by the cleansing of the new birth and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Whom he bestowed so richly upon us through Jesus Christ our

Savior.

That we might be justified by His grace, (that we might be

acknowledged as conformed … Continue Reading