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055 Ephesians 1:15-23 Part 2 – What are the Heavenly Realms?
Ephesians 1 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to…
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054 Ephesians 1:15-23 Part 1 – Thanksgiving and Prayer
Welcome to talk number six in our series on Ephesians. In the first five talks we were considering the first 14 verses of Chapter 1. We examined exciting themes such as: the will of God for our lives, the fact that we are chosen in Christ from before the foundation of the world, the…
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053 Ephesians 1:1-14 Part 5 – The Gift of the Holy Spirit, continued
Last time we began looking at how Paul describes the gift of the Holy Spirit in Ephesians 1:1-14. When Paul says we are sealed with the Holy Spirit, I suggested that this sealing refers to a secondary experience. Please go back and listen to my reasons for what I know is a controversial yet Pentecostal…
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052 Ephesians 1:1-14 Part 4 – The Gift of the Holy Spirit
Welcome to the fourth talk in our series on Ephesians. We have been looking at the first 14 verses of chapter 1. So far we have seen that Paul is praising God for blessings in the heavenly realms (v3). These include: The will of God 1-4-5-9-11 Election and Predestination 4-5-11 In Christ (10 references) The…
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051 Ephesians 1:1-14 Part 3 – “In Christ”
Welcome to our third talk in our series on Ephesians. We are looking at the first 14 verses of chapter 1. So far we have seen that Paul is praising God for blessings in the heavenly realms (v3). These include: The will of God 1-4-5-9-11 Election and Predestination 4-5-11 In Christ (10 references) The gift…
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050 Ephesians 1:1-14 Part 2 – Election and Predestination
Last time We looked at Ephesians 1:1-14 and we identified 4 major themes in the passage: The will of God 1-4-5-9-11 Election and Predestination 4-5-11 In Christ (10 references) The gift of the Holy Spirit 13-14 We concentrated on the will of God. We saw that it’s God’s will for us to: v4…
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049 Ephesians 1:1-14 Part 1
Ephesians is one of the most exciting books in the NT. The church to which it’s addressed was established by the apostle Paul in AD53 during his homeward journey to Jerusalem (see Acts 19 and 20). About 7 years later Paul wrote this letter while he was in prison in Rome. It was intended not…
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048 Healing in Practice
God has revealed himself as a healing God in both Old and New Testaments. Jesus never refused anyone who asked for healing and he has commissioned his church to heal the sick. Healings should accompany the proclamation of the Gospel as signs confirming the Word and Christians should expect healing through the anointing with oil…
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047 Healing and Suffering – Why do Christians suffer?
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046 Sickness among God’s people in the New Testament 2 of 2 – Why were the Corinthians sick?
Illness in Corinth Having looked at four Christians who were sick, though not because of sin or unbelief, we must now turn our attention to a group of Christians who were sick because of their sin – the Corinthians referred to in 1 Corinthians 11:30. The Corinthians The situation in Corinth was extremely serious. There were…