STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY SPIRITUAL UNITY IS NOT AUTOMATIC

EPHESIANS 2:11-18 The unity referred to in Scripture is a spiritual unity of everyone within the Body of Christ; that is, all who have received Him as personal Saviour. This means that our unity must always be based on the truth of the Scriptures, which tell who Christ is and...

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STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY WHOSE PRISONER ARE YOU?

EPHESIANS 4:1-2; ACTS 16:25-31 It is interesting to note the difference between the ways Paul referred to himself in the first half of Ephesians and the last half. In beginning the first half, or doctrinal portion, Paul referred to himself as “an apostle of Jesus Christ” (1:1). Paul emphasized his...

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STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY GOD IS BUILDING A TEMPLE

EPHESIANS 2:19-22 Jesus Christ is building His Church. When He was on earth, He said, “I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18). We are living stones within God’s building, and we also have a part as co-builders as we take...

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STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY GOD HAS ENDED THE WAR

EPHESIANS 2:11-18 God has reconciled both Jews and Gentiles to Himself. Therefore, when the Jew and the Gentile receive Christ as Saviour, they can be at peace with each other because they are at peace with God. Once God has become their Father, they can gladly call each other “brother.”...

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STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY ENTHRONED AND ENABLED

EPHESIANS 2:1-10 Because we are seated in the heavenlies in Christ, we should have spiritual rest and relaxation. However, many who know Christ as Saviour are characterized by worrying. The Bible says, “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity” (Ps. 37:1). The...

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STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY POWER FOR YOU-TODAY!

EPHESIANS 1:19-23 The Scriptures frequently refer to God’s power as it relates to the believer. Ephesians 6:10 says, “Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” Philippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will...

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STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY YOU ARE PART OF HIS TREASURE

EPHESIANS 1:16-18 From Ephesians 1:18 it is apparent that we are more than a mere inheritance of Christ. Paul emphasized the kind of inheritance we are to Christ in the words “riches of the glory of his inheritance.” Believers are an inheritance of glorious riches to Christ. This reveals to...

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STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY YOU WERE BORN WEALTHY

EPHESIANS 1:3; ROMANS 8:35-39 The individual who has received Christ as Saviour has been united to Christ, but he is traveling through a world that has an ungodly, hostile atmosphere.Thus, the believer needs a spiritual atmosphere in which to breathe. Just as astronauts have to take along their own atmosphere...

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STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY THE KEY TO THE TREASURY

EPHESIANS 1:2-3; JOHN 15:1-10 The believer’s resources—all spiritual blessings—are “in Christ” (Eph. 1:3). Christ is the life of the believer and thus provides for him all that he needs. Before salvation the individual was in Adam, but after salvation he is in Christ. In Adam the individual possessed only a...

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