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CHOSEN

Since you call on a Father Who judges each man’s work impartially, live

your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. For you know that it was not

with perishable things such as silver and gold that you were redeemed

from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but

with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these

last times for your sake. Through Him you believe in God, Who raised Him

from the dead and glorified Him, and so your faith and hope are in … Continue Reading

RICH GIFT

RICH GIFT

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 … Continue Reading