Join us in this new episode of the "Sound Mind" series as we read and pick apart Ephesians Chapter 2.

I study the chapters on my own, then I share my "interpretation" from the particular portion of scripture I just read. Again, as stated before - this is simply my interpretation.

I am vocalizing the importance of that, because this is the living Word . It may not resonate to you in the way it has resonated to me. Therefore, I kindly ask that you all open up your bibles and follow.

I am here to help you grow, but the Lord is the only one that can birth true knowledge and wisdom. I thank you for listening and following along in these Holy scriptures. God bless you, my friends.

All right, everyone, welcome

back to I Can He Can.

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This is Sai and this is episode 28 Today

we are doing the Sound Mind series,

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part two, and we are going to jump

into Ephesians chapter two momentarily.

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But before I do that, I wanna go

ahead and tell you guys about my

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weekend today, January 17th, 2026.

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I did something that has filled

my cup more than anything I think

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I have ever done before and.

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You know, you can say that I've done

a few exciting things here and there

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and traveled to a few places that have

really just kind of left me wanting more.

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But today I hosted my very first Bible

study, and I'm not going to lie, all

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the things that I have done in my 35

years of life, this is giving it a run

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for its money because I feel so happy,

so joyful, so fulfilled, just so.

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In love with the feeling that the Holy

Spirit gives you when you really are

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connected to Jesus, and not just by

yourself, but within a group of women who

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want the exact same thing that you do.

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And it's amazing.

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It really is amazing, and I'm

looking forward to doing it again.

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And these ladies truly touched my heart.

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they took.

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The time to be there.

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And they took the time not just to

be there for me, but to give their

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time to the Lord, because that

is exactly what today was about.

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It was all about the Lord.

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We gathered together, we took forever to

set up the music, to set up the little

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screen that we had and the projector.

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But when we got it on and

we had everything working,

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and we started worshiping.

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The spirit was moving.

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We all had chills.

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We were all teary eyed and we

cried and we were laughing and

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we danced a little bit and it was

just, it was absolutely beautiful

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We're planning to do it

at least once a month.

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That's the goal.

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But it was just absolutely amazing to

share that time with those ladies and.

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While we were worshiping one of the

girls, her name is Evelyn, she told

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me after that she kept thinking

of this one verse in her head the

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entire time while we were worshiping

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And that verse is Matthew 1820,

when she shared it with me, I

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wasn't really sure what verse it

was, but I'm looking at it now.

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And she sent it a little earlier

as well in the group chat.

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But now that I'm reading it,

I have no doubt she was right.

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And this verse says, Matthew chapter

18, verse 20, for when two or three

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are gathered together in my name,

I am there in the midst of them.

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And yes, yes, the Holy

Spirit was definitely in our

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midst and we all had chills.

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We finished worshiping.

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I know a name.

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We finished praise and we finished.

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Gratitude.

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And in those three

songs, we all had chills.

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We were all teary eyed.

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We were just so full of the joy of

the Lord that there's no denying it.

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The Holy Spirit was indeed in

our presence and it was amazing,

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and I can't wait for more.

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I truly, truly can't wait

for our next Bible study.

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But Before I do, before I start

reading, remember what I always

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tell you guys, I am not an expert.

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I'm not a theologist.

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I am new to reading the Bible.

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This is my interpretation.

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This is what I am getting from reading.

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What I have studied so far, and I

truly, truly do encourage you guys

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to open your Bible to read it for

yourself because this is how it spoke

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to me, and it doesn't mean that it's

going to speak in the same way to you.

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And I assure you that if I read this

again a few months from now or a

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year from now, I'm probably gonna get

something brand new from it as well.

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Because this is the living word.

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The Bible speaks to you in

ways that you'll never imagine

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and when you least expect it.

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So this is the new King James version.

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So let's go ahead and jump

into Ephesians chapter two.

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And you, he made alive who were dead

and trespasses and sins in which you

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once walked according to the course of

this world, according to the prince of

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the power of the air, the spirit who

now works in the sons of disobedience,

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among who also, we all once conducted

ourselves in the lusts of our flesh,

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fulfilling the desires of the flesh

and of the mind, and were by nature

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children of wrath just as the others.

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But God who is rich in mercy because

of his great love, with which he

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loved us, even when we were dead in

trespasses, made us alive together with

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Christ by grace, you have been saved,

and raised us up together and made us

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sit together in the heavenly places.

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In Christ Jesus.

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That in the ages to come, he might show

the exceeding riches of his grace in

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his kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.

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For by grace, you have been saved

through faith and that not of ourselves.

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It is the gift of God, not of works

lest anyone should boast for we are

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His workmanship created in Christ Jesus

for good works, which God prepared

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beforehand that we should walk in them.

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All right you guys.

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So that was verse one through

nine of Ephesians chapter two.

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Now I'm gonna go back and I'm

gonna break it down little

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by little before we continue.

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So verse one says, and you, he made alive

who were dead and trespasses and sins.

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He is dignifying Jesus.

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He made us alive.

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We are renewed.

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We are redeemed because

of the blood of Jesus.

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So what he did on the cross

is atonement for our sins.

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Right now, we are dead in sin, whether.

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Some people may be worse than others.

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Yes.

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You know, and we fall every day.

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We are in sin.

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This world was cursed the moment

that Adam and Eve messed up

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and ate from the tree of life.

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And the truth is that the only person

that can actually make up for that

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first trespass that led to sin is Jesus.

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So of course.

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You may not get all of that just from

this one verse, but knowing what I

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know now and what I have read, I a

hundred percent understand that in

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this, that he made alive who were

dead in trespasses and sins Now.

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Verse two says, in which you once

walked according to the course of this

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world, according to the prince of the

power of the air, the spirit who now

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works in the sons of disobedience.

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This for a moment, I don't know why.

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I was confused and I thought it was

Jesus, but then obviously seeing sons

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of disobedience and seeing prints of.

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The power of the air.

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That was really confusing to me and

I was like, well, Jesus is definitely

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not anything that's disobedience.

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So I started thinking that

this is referring to Satan

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So verse three says, among whom also,

we all once conducted ourselves in

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the lust of our flesh, fulfilling

the desires of the flesh and of the

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mind, and were by nature children

of wrath just as the others.

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So what this is telling me is that.

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Until we are forgiven through Jesus' blood

for the trespasses and sins that we are

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all born into, we are all like Satan.

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We are all giving into our flesh.

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We are all diving into those lust

and, and to the things of the world.

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Like verse two says, the course

of this world, according to the

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prince of the power of the air, so

anything that's of the world is.

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Is the enemies and we need to

be on the lookout for that.

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and then verse three finishes,

like I had said by Nature Children

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of Wrath, just as the others,

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It is natural for us to want

a sin, and as much as we may

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say, no, no, I'm not a sinner.

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I'm not this, I'm not.

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You need to stop holding

yourself up on a pedestal.

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I was once there.

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I didn't think I was a bad

person, but you know what?

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The more I learn about Jesus and

how he lived the perfect life,

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the more I know that I am dirty.

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I am unclean how the Old Testament says.

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There is a lot of work to do.

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There is a lot of things that we need

to actually change and work on little by

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little so we can walk that righteous path.

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And when I say righteous, I'm not

saying that we are going to have,

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you know, our nose is perked up and

walking like, we're better than others.

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No.

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This is something that we must do

for the Lord honoring him because

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of his sacrifice, because of him,

like we learned in chapter one.

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We have his inheritance.

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He paid for our inheritance

through his blood.

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And anyway, I digress because that

is only verse one through three and

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look at the round that I've gone on.

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But anyway, so verse four, but God,

who is rich in mercy because of his

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great love with which he loved us.

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Yes, God is rich in mercy

at the end of the day.

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All he wants is us.

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We have always been in his

plan and he is merciful.

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And no matter how many times we

may fall, it may not be a hundred

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percent correct, but in my opinion,

remember this is all my opinion.

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I truly do believe that God will always

forgive us if our heart, which he knows

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and he is within our heart, is true, and

he knows that we are actually repenting.

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Because we can't just say, oh Lord,

forgive me, forgive me, forgive

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me, and then not really mean it.

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He knows when our hearts are

right and when our hearts

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are not in the right place.

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So verse five, even when we were

dead in trespasses, made us alive

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together with Christ by grace.

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You have been saved.

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Again, like I said, even now that we are

dead in trespasses, we are dead in sin.

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We are constantly doing the

things that God looks down upon.

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He still gave us that

redemption through Jesus.

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He's still wanting to save

us and bring us together.

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He wants to make us alive

together with Christ.

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Verse six.

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And raised us up together and made

us sit together and in the heavenly

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places in Christ Jesus, he's going

to put us back in heaven with Jesus.

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We are all going to be

brothers and sisters of Jesus.

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Isn't that amazing?

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Verse seven, that in the ages to come,

meaning the end times the second coming.

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That in the ages to come, he might show

the exceeding riches of his grace in

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his kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.

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That's exactly what he's going to do.

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Guys, you need to read Revelation.

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I haven't fully a hundred percent

immersed myself in it, but I did a

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study, with my old church and what I

did learn is that today's day and age

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is very much looking like end times.

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So.

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Like verse seven says that in

the ages to come, the end times

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the second coming of Jesus.

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That can be any day.

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That can be any day now.

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So this is a warning to you guys.

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Stop with the lukewarm.

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Stop walking lightly.

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No.

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Dig your head into the word.

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Dive into it head first.

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We need Jesus because

at the end of the day.

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We know where we want to go.

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We do not want to be in the

place where Jesus is not.

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Anyway, I am like so excited from

today and still so happy and joyful

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that I'm just, I'm talking so much,

so I apologize in advance you guys.

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All right, Next is verse eight, and I

actually am going to read eight through

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10 because I have all of this underlined.

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And it says, for by grace you have

been saved through faith and that not

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of yourselves, it is the gift of God.

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So we can't save ourselves,

only God can save us.

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And again, this isn't super, super

detailed, but what I'm understanding here

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is that even though we think we are saved

because AKA, we are going to church, no.

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God knows our heart.

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He's the only one that can a

hundred percent tell where we are

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in our walk and in our faith, and

if we truly, truly accepted Jesus.

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So he's the only one that can save us.

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Verse nine.

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Not of works lest anyone should boast

not of works lest anyone should post.

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Yeah, I mean, we can't save ourselves with

our works, with the things that we do.

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No, God is the only one that can save us.

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For we are his workmanship created

in Christ Jesus for good works,

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which God prepared beforehand

that we should walk in them.

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So again, God already had us and

Christ in his plans way, way,

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way before we can even imagine.

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And he created us for good

works, for good things.

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It is a gift from God that we get to be

here and have a purpose that is godly.

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So.

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I urge you guys, I urge you guys to

not just go to church, but to truly

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seek Jesus and have a relationship

with him because it is a gift.

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It is a gift to understand him.

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And even if you feel that you keep

messing up, just walking alongside him

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little by little is going to change you.

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It doesn't take much.

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It truly doesn't.

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All right, so now I'm going to read

the second part of Ephesians two, and

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I'm going to read all the way from

verse 11 through the very end verse 22.

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So once I'm done with that, we'll go

ahead and we'll continue to break it down.

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Verse 11.

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Therefore, remember that you once

Gentiles in the flesh who are called

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uncircumcision by what is called the

circumcision, made in the flesh by hands.

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That at the time you were without

Christ being aliens from the

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commonwealth of Israel and strangers

from the covenants of promise.

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Having no hope, and without God in

the world, but now in Christ Jesus,

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you who once were far off, have been

brought near by the blood of Christ.

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For, he himself is our peace who has made

both one and has broken down the middle

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wall of separation, having abolished in

his flesh, the enmity that is the law

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of commandments contained in ordinances

so as to create in himself one new

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man from the two, thus making peace.

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And that he might reconcile them both

to God in one body through the cross,

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thereby putting to death the enmity.

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And he came and preached peace

to you who were a far off, and to

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those who were near for through him.

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We both have access by

one spirit to the father.

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Now, therefore, you are no

longer strangers and foreigners.

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Be fellow citizens with the saints and

members of the household of God have been

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built on the foundation of the apostles

and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being

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the chief cornerstone in whom the whole

building being fitted together grows

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into a holy temple in the Lord in whom

you also are being built together for

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a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

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I absolutely just love Ephesians.

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I hope you guys are enjoying

this as much as I am, honestly.

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So let's break down a few verses here.

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So verse 11 says, therefore, remember

that you once gentiles in the flesh

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who are called, uncircumcision by

what is called the circumcision,

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made in the flesh by hands.

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Okay, that is a lot to understand.

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That's, that's a lot.

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Let's read verse 12 and

put it all together.

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That at the time you were without Christ

being aliens from the commonwealth of

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Israel and strangers from the covenants

of promise, having no hope, turn the page,

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no hope and without God in the world.

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Okay, so if you've read the Old Testament.

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You will remember that the Jews had

a covenant with God and part of that

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covenant where they showed that they

were devoured, that they believed in

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God, the men were to get circumcised.

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So right here, it's saying that before

Jesus, that's what they had to do.

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They had to circumcise themselves, but

that's because they were without Christ.

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They were aliens.

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From the Commonwealth of Israel.

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They were strangers.

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So there's no promise in that.

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That is a worldly thing.

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there was no hope, and Why?

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Because Jesus was still to come.

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Now, verse 13, I have completely

underlined and I even have Amen

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right after 'cause it was just.

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So beautiful.

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Verse 13 says, but now in Christ Jesus,

you who once were far off, have been

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brought near by the blood of Christ.

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So just like the Jews who had

to circumcise themselves to

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prove their covenant to God.

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Now we have Jesus, and Jesus

is allowing us to come closer.

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We are no longer far off.

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We have been brought near

because of the blood of Christ.

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Verse 14, for He himself is our peace.

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He is he meaning Jesus,

who has made both one.

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And has broken down the middle wall

of separation, having abolished in his

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flesh, the enmity that is the law of

commandments contained in ordinances.

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Okay.

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Before I continue, Jesus is our peace

and because of him, he abolished the

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enmity, the, the war that existed

because of the law and its commandments.

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So.

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There was a middle wall of separation is

what it's saying in verse 14, and then

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15, having abolished in his flesh with his

blood, with his body, with his sacrifice.

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He abolished that war that there

was with the Law of Commandments

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contained in ordinances in the order

of God, because God is a God of order.

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I actually had that ingrained in my

mind because of my, my new pastor.

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That God is a God of order.

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That's why he had the law.

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That's why he created the law,

because we have to know that there

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is an order that God believes in and

not just believes in, but demands.

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So as Christians, we must

also follow those laws.

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It's not saying that not following

them is not going to have us be saved,

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but it's it's an all in all thing.

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My friends, we need to know the laws.

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We need to know right from wrong.

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And we need to follow those things.

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We need to honor what God wants us to do.

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So continuing here on verse 15, it says

So as to create in himself one new man

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from the two, thus making peace, verse 16.

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And that he might reconcile them both

to God in one body through the cross.

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So, of course, that's

exactly what I was saying.

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because of Jesus's sacrifice, we're

going to be reconciled to God because

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of what he did on the cross, thereby

putting to death the enmity, putting

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to death, that war that was going

on between the law and having faith

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in Jesus and walking with Jesus.

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There is no more of that

because of that sacrifice.

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All we need to do.

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It is believed that what Jesus did

for us is verse 17, and he came and

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preached peace to you who were a

far off and to those who were near.

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So Paul is saying there that Jesus

came and he preached the gospel.

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He preached that peace to you, to all

the people that were there, people

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that were far off, people that were

in sin, and also to people that

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were near people that followed him.

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People that believed

that he was a messiah.

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Verse 18.

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This is another one that I have

completely circled, and it says, for

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through him, we both have access by

one spirit to the father, man, because

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of Jesus, we have access to God.

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How amazing is that?

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Now, continuing on verse 19.

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Okay, now therefore, you are no

longer strangers and foreigners,

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but fellow citizens with the saints

and members of the household of God.

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So I don't know if you remember in chapter

one it actually said that we were going

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to be with Jesus in the heavenly places.

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Oh yeah.

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Right here.

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Yeah.

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I'm going through my actual

Bible as I'm talking.

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So bear with me.

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So Ephesians one.

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Verse 20 says, which he worked in

Christ when he raised him from the

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dead and seated him at his right

hand in the heavenly places, far

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above all principality and power and

might and dominion, and every name

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that is named, not only in this age,

but also in that which is to come.

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That was uh, verse 21, verse 22 says, and

he put all things under his feet, meaning

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Jesus, and gave him to be head over all

things to the church, which is his body.

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We are his body, the fullness

of Him who fills all in awe.

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We are the fullness of Jesus.

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We complete him.

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And just like this verse that I was

reading says in Ephesians two verse 19,

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we are fellow citizens with the saints

and members of the household of God.

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And how is it that we can

do that through Jesus?

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That is the only way

that we will get there.

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Verse 20, having been built on the

foundation of the apostles and prophets.

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'cause those are the

ones that came before us.

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Jesus Christ himself being

the chief cornerstone.

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Remember, Jesus is the head of the church.

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He's the cornerstone, verse 21, in whom

the whole building being fitted together

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grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

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Verse 22, I love verse 22.

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So, so much.

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Well, you guys are probably like sadra.

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You love every single verse

and Yeah, that's true.

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I just, I love the word.

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So verse 22 says, in whom you also

are being built together for a

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dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

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And I have a little

note on here that says,

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Just as Jesus is a temple, we

are also temples of the spirit.

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That's the note that I had written

here in the Bible, You guys, God

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thought of absolutely everything that

there is to possibly think about when

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he planned out this amazing majestic

plan to make sure that the people.

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Who truly loved him can return to him.

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He knew that he was going to leave a

piece of him in us, a piece of Jesus.

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'cause Jesus is God.

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So he knew that he was

going to leave that in us.

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So once we are finally reconciled

to him, once we finally have that

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second coming of Jesus, and we have

that white throne judgment, we are

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finally going to be built together.

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And have that dwelling

place in God, in the spirit.

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I don't know about you guys, but

that sounds so beautiful, so peaceful

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and just so much joy and, and, and a

thought that one day we are going to

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just be dwelling among the apostles,

like it says there, the apostles and

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the prophets, the people that wrote

this very book that I'm reading from.

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We're all going to have

a different purpose.

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We're all going to have a different

job in heaven, whatever that may be.

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I don't even know what, what that may

be, and I'm really like veering off

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here, but it's beautiful and I truly

hope that reading the word gives you

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a sense of who God and who Jesus are.

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like I said in one of the other episodes,

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They are the perfectionists.

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Everything they do is absolute perfection.

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They know when something

is good or bad for us.

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They know when we need them a

little bit more, even when we don't

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think they want us, they're there.

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They are there.

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The spirit resides in us.

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Our inheritance is peace

through Jesus, and then finally

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being reconciled back to God.

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How beautiful so anyway, my

friends, I hope that you've

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enjoyed this verse by verse.

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Of Ephesians chapter two.

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I will be back next week with chapter

three, I truly appreciate every single

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one of you that tune in, and I can't

wait to have you guys here again.

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I hope this has blessed you.

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I hope that this has brought

you closer to the Lord,

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and I truly hope that there is

something that you can take away from

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this and share with someone else.

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Love you all.

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Take care.

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Until next week.