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LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 41 
Colossians 2:14 – 4:18 
Well in our last lesson we finished Colossians chapter 2, so we’re ready to begin chapter 3. All right now verse 1 of chapter 3 of Colossians. 
Colossians 3:1a 
"If ye then be risen with Christ,…" What’s the if for? If you’re a true believer! If you’re not a believer then none of these things apply. Colossians 3:1a 
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,…" 
Colossians 3:1b 
"…where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God." (positionally) 
Well hardly. Psalms 110:1 
"The Lord, (the Father) said unto my Lord, (the Son) Sit thou at my right hand, until (that’s a time word) I make thine enemies thy footstool." 
Positionally then when Christ finished the work of the cross, He ascended and went right into the very throne room of heaven, and positionally is at the Father’s right hand interceding for us. Let’s start with verse 1. 
Hebrews 1:1 
"God, (the triune God) who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets," Now what that speaking about? Now verse 2. 
Hebrews 1:2 
God has already) spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he (the Son) made the worlds;" Now verse 3. 
Hebrews 1:3 
Now let’s look at another one in I John chapter 2. 
I John 2:1 
Believers. Every time we fail, every time we sin, He’s right there, and He is confronting the Father, as he says, "Yes he sinned, but he under the blood, I’ve paid for that sin." Now come back to Colossians chapter 3. If we’re a believer, and if we’ve experienced that death, burial, and resurrection, we’ve been identified with His finished work of the cross, then we realize that our advocate is seated at the right hand of the Father. Colossians 3:2 
God doesn’t tell us that we have to live without things. Priority. There’s nothing wrong with things if they’re in right level of priority. Colossians 3:2 
Now here are two verses that I just love in verses 3 and 4. 
Colossians 3:3 
"For ye are dead, (to the old Adam, to the old flesh, the natural. You’re dead,) and your life is hid with Christ in God." 
It’s hard for us to comprehend death and life in the same sentence. The Lord Himself used the same analogy so beautifully back in John chapter 12. 
John 12:20 
John 12:21 
John 12:22 
"Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus." Hey there are Gentiles out here that want to see you’ Does Jesus say, "Bring them in?" John 12:23-24 
Here in John, He’s referring to His own death, burial, and resurrection. Colossians 3:3 
"For ye are dead, (like that seed we just read about, we have died to that old Adam) and your (new) life is hid with Christ in God." 
Out here at the outer circle we have God the Father, and in the inner circle we have Christ the Son, and here we are way down in the middle. That old big black walnut with that thick outer shell, that no one wants to fool with really, but if you want to get to the meat of that walnut, you’ll clean that outer shell off, and then you’ll get to the hard part, that hard shell of the walnut. My little wife is good at cracking walnut. We are hidden in Christ, and Christ is hidden in God, and listen, there’s no way possible for you to get out of there once you’re in there. Now a lot of people have never really gotten there, but once you’ve really believed Paul’s gospel for your salvation, God secures you forever. You’re safe, and nothing can touch you, because you are hidden with Christ in God. Now verse 4. Colossians 3:4 
Let’s get started with verse 14. 
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons (or born ones) of God. 15. For ye (if you’ve been born of God) have not received the spirit of bondage (legalism)again to fear;…" 
So if you’ve living under bondage and fear you’re in a works religion. Verse 15 again. 
Romans 8:15-17 
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are (not hope to be, but rather it’s a done deal) the children of God: 17. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." 
If we’re His children, then we’re going to be glorified together with Him. Colossians 3:5a 
When we become a believer we automatically put to death these things that are part and parcel of life on this earth. Colossians 3:5b 
Now verse 6. 
Colossians 3:6 
"For which things’ sake the wrath of God (these are the things that bring on the wrath of God) cometh on the children of disobedience:" 
Leviticus 18:24 
Leviticus 18:30 
"Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God." 
 
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LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 41 
Colossians 2:1-13 - Part 2 
So come back with me to verse 11 and 13 and let’s read verse 13 again first. 
Colossians 2:13 
Colossians 2:11 
by the circumcision of (or by) Christ:" 
Body, Soul and Spirit, and I don’t know how I can best approach this, but let’s try. See when Adam was created, he was a complete entity of body, soul, and spirit. The spirit was the communicating part with his Creator, and the body of course enjoyed all the ramifications of this beautiful relationship with God Himself. But the moment Adam ate of that tree in disobedience to God this soul became a sin nature. Adam’s spirit of course immediately died when he ate. The body of Adam began to die (the Lord still let him live 930 years). So that’s what happened the moment Adam sinned. 
Because we recognize before believing that this is our state, that we’re sinners, we’re enemies of God and the moment we believe Paul’s Gospel, God reckons old Adam as crucified with Christ. God reckons old Adam as dead, and in his place the power of God has now given us a new nature which is Spiritual, it’s the very nature of God Himself. This then comprises that circumcision by Jesus the Christ where He cuts off that old adamic sin nature and replaces it with a new nature. Regenerate it! God now with His outside power has regenerated our dead spirit. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;…" 
I Corinthians 1:18 
(unto salvation) 
"That if thou shalt confess with the mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (becomes right with God) 
Paul’s Gospel says, "Christ did it all!" Colossians 2:11 
"In whom (in Christ by virtue of our believing the Gospel and we’ve been placed in Christ by the Holy Spirit, which you’ll to see in verse 12) also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands (spiritual. The cutting off of our old Adam. Colossians 2:13 
"And you, being dead in your sins (absolutely, we were as under the control of the old nature, our spirit was completely out of fellowship with God and so that’s what Paul says we were in the world. We were dead in sin) and the uncircumcision of your flesh (by virtue of being Gentiles) but hath he (God) quickened (has regenerated our spirit. A divine nature) together with him, having (already) forgiven you all trespasses." 
Colossians 3:13 
"Forbearing one another, (remember, he’s writing to believers congregated in an assembly) and forgiving one another, if any may have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." 
You’re forgiven. The Lord’s Prayer was under Law. as we forgive those who trespass against us." We’re forgiven by the Grace of God. And if we’re forgiven, then why in the world can’t we forgive our neighbor? Ephesians 2:1-6 
"And you (writing to these Ephesian believers) hath he (Christ) quickened (made alive. 5. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved:) 6. Now verse 8. 
Ephesians 2:8 
It’s not in Paul’s instruction to the Church age believer. Verse 12. 
Colossians 2:12 
"Buried with him (with Christ) in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead." 
"Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead." 
Let’s start with the Holy Spirit. I Corinthians 12:12 
"For as the body (this body that we live in) is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, (still one body) are one body: so also is Christ." 
Nobody, nobody - the Lord didn’t, Peter didn’t, the other disciples didn’t, the Old Testament, Revelation doesn’t – speaks of the Body of Christ but Paul. You’ll never find the term, "The Body of Christ" except Romans through Philemon. Now, that’s the Body of Christ. 
Head! And who’s the head of the body? Christ is. Now, how do we get in to the body of Christ? Now let’s look at verse 13. 
"For by one Spirit (Holy Spirit) are we (what’s the next word?) Look at the first two words of verse 13. "For by one Spirit." Now let me show you in Ephesians, chapter 1 and verse 13. 
Ephesians 1:13 
in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise." 
Ephesians 4:4-5 
"There is one body, ( not 1500. The Holy Spirit. All I tell people is that it has nothing to do with your eternal destiny because the only baptism that counts for eternity is, "have you been placed into the Body of Christ by the baptizing power of the Holy Spirit?" I don’t care how many times you’re baptized in water, it’s the Holy Spirit baptism that settles it for eternity. 
 
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LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 41
Colossians 2:1-13 - Part 2
So come back with me to verse 11 and 13 and let’s read verse 13 again first.
Colossians 2:13
Colossians 2:11
by the circumcision of (or by) Christ:"
Body, Soul and Spirit, and I don’t know how I can best approach this, but let’s try. See when Adam was created, he was a complete entity of body, soul, and spirit. The spirit was the communicating part with his Creator, and the body of course enjoyed all the ramifications of this beautiful relationship with God Himself. But the moment Adam ate of that tree in disobedience to God this soul became a sin nature. Adam’s spirit of course immediately died when he ate. The body of Adam began to die (the Lord still let him live 930 years). So that’s what happened the moment Adam sinned.
Because we recognize before believing that this is our state, that we’re sinners, we’re enemies of God and the moment we believe Paul’s Gospe

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Colossians 2:1-13 
Now as we start this lesson we’re going to just read verse 8, as I finished commenting on it, but we need to read it to introduce verse 9. 
Colossians 2:8-9 
9. For in him (Christ) dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." 
Now you have to constantly remember that when Christ made His appearance among men back there in Bethlehem He never stopped being God. Now because He was God He was able to limit his powers, He didn’t abuse it like we would, but He never stopped being God. Colossians 1:15 
"Who (speaking of God the Son in verse 13) is the image of the invisible God,…" (the Godhead) 
Colossians 1:16 
Colossians 2:9 
Let’s take the time to look at John’s gospel chapter 14 to follow up on this. It’s epitomized here when Philip says, "show us the Father" Now let’s start with verse 7. John 14:7-8 
8. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us." 
Now look at Jesus answer to Philip. 
John 14:9 
Because in Christ dwelt the Godhead bodily. John 21:25 
Now look at how the disciples answered him in verse 14. 
Matthew 16:14-16 
Now here’s the verse I wanted you to see in verse 17. 
Matthew 16:17 
"And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven." 
Well the Holy Spirit. Now let’s go to Acts chapter 16, and we’ll begin with verse 14. Instead of the Father opening her heart it was the Lord. Well God the Son. It was Christ. It doesn’t make any difference if it’s the Spirit who opens Lydia’s heart or the Lord or the Father, it’s still the same God. Here in I Corinthians chapter 2 it’s definitely the Holy Spirit. 
14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: …." 
Now, does that leave God the Father and God the Son out of the picture? Is it the Father, or the Son, or the Holy Spirit?" Now come back to Colossians chapter 2 and verse 9. 
Colossians 2:9 
Christ is God the father, God the Son and God the Spirit. Colossians 2:10 
"And ye (believers. Remember, Paul never talks to the unbelieving world. He always talks to the believer) are complete in him, (that God head epitomized by Christ) which is the head of all principality and power:" 
There’s never been an emperor that assumed a throne without that sovereign God in control. Come back to Romans chapter 13 and let’s start at verse 1. Christ is the head of all principality and power. "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. (He’s not talking about spiritual power here. He’s talking about political power or government.) For there is no power (government)but (how?) of God: the powers that be are ordained of God." 
That Jesus the Christ, the very epitome of the Godhead bodily is still the One who is the head all principality and power. I’m going to have to jump down and I want to cover verse 13, before I cover verse 11. Let’s drop down to verse 13 and then I’m going to come up and deal with verse 11. Colossians 2:13 
Now, let’s explain from Scripture what he’s talking about in verse 13. Come back a few pages again, to Ephesians chapter 2. Let’s look at verses 11 and 12. These are verses that we’ve used a lot of times. 
Ephesians 2:11a 
"Wherefore remember, that ye (the Ephesians. A Gentile simply means someone who is not a Jew. Ephesians 2:11b 
"…that ye being in time past Gentiles, in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;" 
The Uncircumcision. "Uncircumcised Dogs" is what they thought of Gentiles. Come back a few more pages to Galatians chapter 2 and verse 7. 
Paul and Barnabas were the apostles of the uncircumcision or the Gentiles. Why do you suppose Jesus chose the twelve inside of Israel? Why do you supposed He chose the apostle Paul outside of Israel? The circumcision was the Jewish world. Now, let’s go back to Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 11. Now let’s go to verse 12. 
Ephesians 2:12 
"That at that time (while God was dealing with the circumcision, Israel) ye (uncircumcision, Gentiles) were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:" 
That was the lot of the Gentile world. Because God was dealing with Israel. But the day came when Israel rejected everything and God turned to the Gentile world through this apostle. Colossians 2:13a 
"And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh,…." 
We were dead spiritually, mostly because we were Gentiles and were outside the covenant promises. And so as the uncircumcised physically, we were dead spiritually but what has God done? Colossians 2:11a 
"In whom (Christ) also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands,…." 
 
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Ephesians 6:1-24 
Now we’re going to cover the territory of dealing with our adversary Satan and the powers that be. Now verse 10. 
Ephesians 6:10-11 
There is no way that we humans can bind Satan. Satan is a spirit being, and God in the power of an angel will one day, as we see in Revelation chapter 19, bind him and put him in the pit for a thousand years. Look at verse 11 again. 
Ephesians 6:11 
Where you can you think of an instant where someone resisted Satan? Well the Lord did in Matthew chapter 4. With the Word of God. We can not bind him, but we can resist him by the Word of God! Matthew 4:1-3 
Matthew 4:4 
The Scripture! Now coming back to the Book of Ephesians, as you look at these verses in whole, there is not one word in here that we are to attack Satan. Satan, I think, is periodic in his attacks on the believer. Now moving on to verse 12. 
Ephesians 6:12 
Here Paul writes in the conclusion of this great chapter of Romans 8 about our security as a believer. 
Romans 8:38 
Paul knew that better than anyone. Nero. It was under Nero of course that Paul was finally put to death. 
Now I have to feel as I study some of these things that some of the freedom that Paul experienced in his earthly prison experience was because there was another emperor – Nero came in a little later. So Paul writes from a position of full understanding what it is to be up against the powers and principalities and the wickedness, and darkness of this world. Well it’s the Satanic powers, and the things that are constantly producing such wickedness. Ephesians 6:13 
Now another point I like to make is, if Paul is in prison in Rome, who is constantly in his presence? Roman soldiers, as one of them was usually chained to him. Paul was such a tremendous witness for the Gospel that even these pagan Romans soldiers, as they took their place as his personal guard, by the time they rotated out to another place of service, what where they? Philippians 1:13 
"So that my bonds (those chains to which he was attached to a Roman soldier) in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;" 
Here Paul is closing the letter to the Philippians and says the following. 
Philippians 4:22 
I think that they went to the ends of the Roman empire, and that is why that Paul could write to Titus in chapter 2 the following. 
Titus 2:11 
"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath (already) appeared to all men." 
Now if you’ll come back to Ephesians chapter 6, we find that Paul writes from first hand experience of the preparations for battle that the Roman soldier had to go through. Also that all of these things that Paul mentions are defensive weapons. Now verse 14. 
Ephesians 6:14a 
Paul is going to bring that now into the Spiritual realm, and so as the Roman soldier had his loins protected with some sort of armour, we too are to have our spiritual loins girt about with truth. The name of Christ! 
If we’re literally protected by the presence of Christ, then Satan can’t touch us. Always remember Satan can’t touch us without God permitting it to happen. Let me show you in Ephesians chapter 1. 
Ephesians 1:13 
"In whom ye also trusted, (in Christ in verse 12) after that ye heard the word of truth, (an again I can put the term Christ in there for truth, which is) the gospel of your salvation:(that’s when we became a believer. Ephesians 6:14b 
"...an having on the breastplate of righteousness:" 
Now those of you who remember when we taught back in Romans chapter 3, how do we receive the righteousness of God? Now let’s look at Romans chapter 3 for a moment. Now verse 21 and 22. 
Romans 3:21-22a 
Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe:..." 
Righteousness! God’s righteousness is imputed to us, it covers us, it’s our defense against the powers of darkness. Isaiah 61:10 
"I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he (God) hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,..." 
Oh as God’s righteousness has been imputed, it becomes the breastplate that Paul talks about in Ephesians chapter 6. And it’s our defense against the powers of the evil one. Now coming back to Ephesians for just a moment, let’s look at verse 15. 
Ephesians 6:15 
Now can you imagine a Roman soldier out on the battle field in briars and sharp rocks with nothing to protect his feet? There’s a couple of good verses for that where we have the feet referred to in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament,. Always remember, the feet are beautiful in the sight of God when we take the Gospel to other people. 
 
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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 39
Ephesians 6:1-24
Now we’re going to cover the territory of dealing with our adversary Satan and the powers that be. Now verse 10.
Ephesians 6:10-11
There is no way that we humans can bind Satan. Satan is a spirit being, and God in the power of an angel will one day, as we see in Revelation chapter 19, bind him and put him in the pit for a thousand years. Look at verse 11 again.
Ephesians 6:11
Where you can you think of an instant where someone resisted Satan? Well the Lord did in Matthew chapter 4. With the Word of God. We can not bind him, but we can resist him by the Word of God! Matthew 4:1-3
Matthew 4:4
The Scripture! Now coming back to the Book of Ephesians, as you look at these verses in whole, there is not one word in here that we are to attack Satan. Satan, I think, is periodic in his attacks on the believer. Now moving on to verse 12.
Ephesians 6:12
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Colossians 1:17-29 - Part 2 
Now let’s get back to where we left off in Colossians chapter 1, and verse 26. To fulfill the Word of God coming out of verse 25, and this is all part of fulfilling. 
Colossians 1:26a 
"Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,…" 
This whole body of truth that’s coming out of Romans through, especially the little letter of Philemon, is truth that was never ever revealed before to the human race. "Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations…" 
"The secret things belong unto the LORD our God:…" 
Why? God is dealing on that same basis with the Gentile world. He has kept all these revelations that come through the apostle Paul a secret. Jesus never betrayed any of these secrets in His earthly ministry. Jesus never made mention of anything about the Body of Christ, and the saving of Gentiles outside of Judaism. I personally think that the secret of understanding Scripture, is that God didn’t not reveal everything all at one time. Paul is always referring to them as the mysteries. And remember the word mystery in the Greek is "musterion." It is the word translated usually asmystery, but also at times is translated secret. If it’s been a mystery kept in the mind of God, it was a secret, and that’s what Paul is constantly referring to then as this body of truth that he calls the mysteries. I Corinthians 4:1-2 
"Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards (or overseers, or managers) of the mysteries (or secrets) of God." What secrets? The things that He has kept secret until now are being revealed. Now verse 2. 
I Corinthians 4:2 
Genesis 15:2 
FAITHFUL! Now Paul is bringing this same idea down to the revelation of the mysteries, this revelation of secrets that you and I as believers are put in a place of responsibility as a manager over a business. The revelation of things that had been kept secret. Well, it’s because they don’t understand the mysteries that were revealed to Paul. Because it’s a Pauline revelation. Now, when I say Pauline, I mean Paul in the other extent. I Corinthians 15:51 
mystery: (a secret) We shall not all sleep, (die) but we shall all be changed." 
Paul says he’s going to reveal a secret. This is something that’s never been revealed before. Never! Now verse 52. 
Not one of the angelic trumpets in Revelations. This is a singular trumpet in God’s hands. 
It’s never been revealed before. The Lord never talked like this. The Lord talked of resurrection, but He never talked of a group of people who would be alive at the time. And so here we have a revelation of a mystery. Jesus never referred to it. Ephesians 3:1-2 
"For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles. Ephesians 3:3 
How that by revelation (what’s the other word for revelation? A revealing) he made known unto me the mystery…." (secret.)" 
And what’s the secret? God has done it all. But you don’t find that until you get to Paul. Ephesians 3:4-5 
"Whereby, when ye read (Paul’s epistles) ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ. (a secret) Don’t forget Deuteronomy 29:29 which says, "The secret things belong to God." He’s Sovereign. Now verse 6. 
Ephesians 3:6 
You can’t find that anywhere else in Scripture except Paul’s epistles. Ephesians 3:9 
hid (see how plain that is?) in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ." 
All the way through Paul’s epistles you have this word popping up - "the mysteries." That it was revealed only to Paul. Poor Peter, bless his heart. Only Paul did. But as Paul began to preach these mysteries and the Gospel that was Paul’s Gospel and the appearing of the Body of Christ, Peter just stood there, I think, from the outside looking in. Let’s read the verses first and then I’ll comment. And remember Peter writes these little epistles about the same time Paul is writing the prison epistles. II Peter 3:15 
Because Peter was steeped in Judaism. "Ye men of Israel, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers", and then all of a sudden have these things promoted among the Gentile world. Colossians 1:26 
Now I have nothing against Matthew, it’s the Word of God, but when you spend 100% of your time in Matthew, you’re missing the revelations of the mysteries. 
You’re missing this whole concept of the Grace of God, it’s not in Matthew. You’re missing the whole concept about the blessed hope as Paul writes to Titus that one day the Great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ will appear for us in the air. You have to understand the revelation of the mysteries to understand God’s dealing with Gentile world. "To whom (the saints, the believers of the Church Age) God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles;…" 
Colossians 1:28-29 
 
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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 41 
Colossians 1:17-29 
We’re going to take it verse by verse and now we’ll start with verse 21. Colossians 1:21 
Let’s go back to the Book of Galatians and look at the works of the lost person. Now back to Colossians again. Colossians 1:21 
Now verse 22. 
Colossians 1:22a 
So let’s come back to I Corinthians chapter 1, and let’s begin with verse 5 to pick up the flow. 
I Corinthians 1:5-8 
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7. So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8. Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." 
Carnal! They were not a spiritual group of people. Colossians 1:22b 
Now some people are going to jump on this word if in verse 23 here and say, "well that means you can lose it." Colossians 1:23a 
"If ye continue in the faith (how?) grounded and settled,…" 
Colossians 1:23a 
Come back with me to John’s gospel chapter 1. Look at John’s gospel chapter 1, verse 6. 
John 1:6-9 
"There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, (a reference to Christ, the Light of the world) that all men through him might believe. 9. That(speaking of Christ) was the true Light, which lighted every man that cometh into the world." 
Let’s look at that verse over in Romans 1, verse 20. In fact we really should read verse 19 also. 
Romans 1:19-20 
"Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. (the whole human race) 20. "I was the Light that came into the world. I Lighted you at one time." Now back to Colossians chapter 1. Let’s look at Romans chapter 2, verse 16. Romans 2:16 
"In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my (Paul’s) gospel." 
At judgment day there at the Great White Throne the masses of the whole human race are going to be confronted with Paul’s Gospel even though it was only preached from Paul’s time on. Titus 2:11 
"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men." Now back to Colossians chapter 1, and let’s look at the last part of verse 23 again. 
Colossians 1:23b 
So let’s just leave that in God’s hand.) whereof I Paul am made a minister;" 
That’s what made me think of Romans 2:16 that said, "they will be judged by Paul’s Gospel. And what is Paul’s Gospel? I Corinthians 15:1-4 and Romans 10:9-10 explains his Gospel perfectly, and by believing Paul’s Gospel is the way to have eternal life. 
Colossians 1:24a 
Colossians 1:24 
See there again the Apostle Paul is making the distinction that the Church he refers to is the Body of Christ. You don’t see it in the four gospels, or the Book of Acts, but only from the Apostle Paul’s pen do you find the Body of Christ, the Church. Colossians 1:25 
Now remember, what kind of a congregation was Colossi Jew or Gentile? Well it was Gentile. Colossians 1:25b 
"…according to the dispensation (or administration) of God which was given to me (Paul) for you. (It was for the benefit of these Gentiles, and for us today) to fulfil the word of God." 
And this is why we have to differentiate that God dealt differently with Israel then He deals with the Church. And the only place we can differentiate is that Paul writes to the Church where the rest of Scripture writes to Israel. Ephesians 3:1 
"For this cause (because of what he wrote in those first two chapters) I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for (what people?) you Gentiles." 
It is specifically directed to the Gentiles. Now we know that everything from Genesis chapter 9 up through the four gospels accounts and early chapters of Acts were all directed to the Jews. "Ye men of Israel, (and all you Gentiles. Just as clearly as Paul says, "to you Gentiles," Peter says "to you Jews." Verse 12. 
"The God of Abraham, and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, (Peter is speaking to Jews) 
Romans 11:13a 
"For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles;…" Now back to Ephesians 3 and look at verse 2. 
Ephesians 3:2 
"If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:" 
God revealed this whole body of truth to this one man, this Apostle of the Gentiles, and he was instructed that he was to take this message to the Gentile world. Now coming back to Colossians and let’s read verse 25 again. 
Colossians 1:25 
"Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;" 
Isaiah 42:1 
See God had forgotten about the Gentiles. Verse 6. 
Isaiah 42:6 
"I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, (Israel) for a light of the Gentiles;" That was Israel’s prospect. Now chapter 60. 
Isaiah 60:3a 
 
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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 41
Colossians 1:17-29
We’re going to take it verse by verse and now we’ll start with verse 21. Colossians 1:21
Let’s go back to the Book of Galatians and look at the works of the lost person. Now back to Colossians again. Colossians 1:21
Now verse 22.
Colossians 1:22a
So let’s come back to I Corinthians chapter 1, and let’s begin with verse 5 to pick up the flow.
I Corinthians 1:5-8
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7. So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8. Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Carnal! They were not a spiritual group of people. Colossians 1:22b
Now some people are going to jump on this word if in verse 23 here and say, "well that means you can lose it." Colossians 1:23a
"If ye continue in the faith (how?) grounded and settled,…"
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Ephesians 5:7-33 - Part 2 
When we’ve got a wife who submits to her husband, he may not always be right, he may at times stumble, yet if she plays her role as God intended it, He will make up the differences. Always remember that Paul is talking about the marriage relationship of believers. What is to walk in the life of rejoicing and happiness, knowing the Lord is the head of the husband, as the husband, in turn is the head of the wife. Nothing in Scripture ever gives men that prerogative. Now verse 23. 
Ephesians 5:23 
"For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body." 
Now always remember that the word "Church" does not mean that building on the corner. "We’re going to go to the Church house." The Church is made up of the true believers who meet in that Church house. The Church is made up of the believing element, "the Body of Christ." and that’s the way Paul always uses the word Church. Neither was it a Church that practiced the Lord’s Supper, and had pastors, bishops, and deacons. "...even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24. Therefore as the church..." 
If we’re born again and children of God, we are automatically in that Body of Christ, and that Body of Christ will be meeting in Church buildings. But always remember that not all people meeting in those Church buildings are in the Body of Christ. Now completing verse 24 we find that this true Church, 
Ephesians 5:24b 
"...is subject unto Christ, so (in like manner then) let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing." 
Now goodness sakes Christ has never brow beat a member of the Body of Christ, has He? Christ has never made life miserable for a member of the Body. Christ has never made unfair demands on the Body, neither should a husband do that to his wife. I Peter 3:1a 
"Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;..." 
Now the rest of this verse deals with a Christian wife with an unbelieving husband. I Peter 3:1b 
"...that, if any (husband, they’re an unbeliever) obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation (manner of living, or the lifestyle) of the wives;" 
Listen believing wives don’t preach at your husband, don’t try and drag him to the Church house against his will, don’t nag him to get into the Book, but rather you practice the Christian walk so that he can’t help but be amazed at what an example of Christianity that wife really is. Now it may take longer or shorter, depending on the case, but sooner or later, God’s going to honor that wife’s testimony. Now let’s read verse 2. 
I Peter 3:2 
"While they (the unsaved husband) behold your chaste (pure) conversation (manner of living) coupled with fear." 
Now here in verse 3 is how the wife is to actually have an impact on that unsaved husband. 
I Peter 3:3 
I Peter 3:4 
Now verse 5. 
I Peter 3:5 
"For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, (in the realm of the spirit) being in subjection unto their own husbands:" 
Now verse 6. 
I Peter 3:6-7a 
7. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel,..." 
Now reading on in verse 7. 
I Peter 3:7b-8a 
Ephesians 5:25a 
"Husbands, love your wives,..." 
Paul has all kinds of them for us in this Church Age we’re in right now. Whether you think you have reason to love her or not, the command of God is, "you love her." "Men are commanded to love the wife, the wife is never commanded to love the husband." That God has so constructed in the creation of the female, assuming that she’s normal, "that if she has a husband who loves her as much as Christ loves the Church, she is automatically going to love that man, and she doesn’t need anyone telling her how to do it." 
Never! Genesis 2:23-24 
Ephesians 5:25-26 
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26. Now verse 27, Paul continues on with the spiritual. 
Ephesians 5:27 
Ephesians 5;28 
"So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself." 
Ephesians 5:29-33 
"For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church: 30. 31. For this cause (because we’re one with Christ, and one with our wife) shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband." 
 
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Ephesians 5:7-33 - Part 2 
When we’ve got a wife who submits to her husband, he may not always be right, he may at times stumble, yet if she plays her role as God intended it, He will make up the differences. Always remember that Paul is talking about the marriage relationship of believers. What is to walk in the life of rejoicing and happiness, knowing the Lord is the head of the husband, as the husband, in turn is the head of the wife. Nothing in Scripture ever gives men that prerogative. Now verse 23.
Ephesians 5:23
"For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body."
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Ephesians 5:7-33 
After seeing how Paul tells us how to walk the Christian walk, and so forth in those verses up in 10, 11, and 12, then he comes to verse 18. 
Ephesians 5:18 
"And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess; (don’t respond to the spirits of alcohol to mind bend your thinking) but be filled with the (Holy) Spirit:" 
Now then, when we’re filled with the Holy Spirit as you look at verse 19, it’s going to have an effect on our whole life style. It’s going to be a life of speaking of songs and hymns, and spiritual songs. The difference is we have the Lord to take us through those times. I’ve had people ask, "Are we still supposed to pray in Jesus name?" Absolutely. He is still interceding for us at the Father’s right hand, and so we pray to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
The marriage relationship, isn’t that amazing? No, the Christian community is not setting anything back, but rather we’re exemplifying what the Scriptures says about the husband and wife relationship. 
I’ve said it over and over, don’t ever accuse Paul of being anti-feminist. Well praise the Lord that her eyes were opened. Here the apostle simply goes back to format that God intended. Ephesians 5:21 
"Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God." 
A verse just comes to mind in the Book of Psalms. Even though it’s Old Testament, and David speaking it, yet God hasn’t changed. 
Psalms 37:5 
Psalms 37:7a 
"Rest in the LORD,..." 
Once you’ve committed something to God, we can rest. Now completing verse 7. 
Psalms 37:7a 
"Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him:..." 
We commit our marriage unto the hands of the Lord, and as the husband and wife in union commit that marriage to the Lord, then it follows that we’re going to follow God’s format. And God’s format was established back in the Garden of Eden. Ephesians 5;22 
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, (not as some slave master, but like a husband) as unto the Lord." 
Now verse 23. Why should the wife submit to the husband? Because of God’s decree. 
Ephesians 5:23 
"For the husband is the head of the wife, (and again look at the analogy) even as Christ is the head of the church: (the Body of Christ) and he is the saviour of the body." 
So what’s the admonition to you and I as husbands, men? We’ve got to be willing to die for our wives, and I think I could die for Iris, unless something drastically would happen I think I would die for her, because that’s what the Scripture demands. Isn’t that right? Do you know what God has promised by our going back to the Old Testament? Here in chapter 12, we’re dealing with Abram and Sarai before God gave them the name Abraham and Sarah. Abram has just been given the Abrahamic Covenant, so he’s on right standing with God, he’s a believer, he’s a man of faith, and no doubt Sarai is as well, because of what Peter says about these people. That happens every time to a new believer, God will test them. Abraham has just now begun his walk on covenant ground and there’s famine in the land of promise. 
The world. Genesis 12:10-12 
11.. And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, (he’s on the border) that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: (now this is a believing husband speaking to a believing wife) 12. Sarai, obediently let them take her, and sure enough old Abram was right as they took her into the king’s harem. Even though Abram pulled a dumb stunt, God still overruled on behalf of Sarai. "God is going to intervene in such a way that the end result for both husband and wife will still be for our good." 
Genesis 2-1-2 
2. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah." 
Genesis 20:3 
"But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife." 
Abimelech woke up and brought Sarah quickly back to Abraham. Then there’s one more occasion this happens, and we find Isaac pulls the same stunt with his beautiful wife Rebekah in chapter 26 of Genesis. Genesis 26:6-7 
Genesis 26:8-9 
9. And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? Well we know that the Lord intervened again, before anything happened, and spared both Abraham, and Isaac, and their wives. 
Do you see now how women can rest on the promises of God that if you are submissive to your husband as Sarah and Rebekah were, even though your husband can make a stupid move, God by His intercessory power can take care of the situation. So don’t ever doubt that God can overcome every bad situation. 
 
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LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 38
Ephesians 5:7-33
After seeing how Paul tells us how to walk the Christian walk, and so forth in those verses up in 10, 11, and 12, then he comes to verse 18.
Ephesians 5:18
"And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess; (don’t respond to the spirits of alcohol to mind bend your thinking) but be filled with the (Holy) Spirit:"
Now then, when we’re filled with the Holy Spirit as you look at verse 19, it’s going to have an effect on our whole life style. It’s going to be a life of speaking of songs and hymns, and spiritual songs. The difference is we have the Lord to take us through those times. I’ve had people ask, "Are we still supposed to pray in Jesus name?" Absolutely. He is still interceding for us at the Father’s right hand, and so we pray to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Ephesians 4:25–5:6 
Now let’s come back to where we left off in the last lesson, and that would be verse 2 of Ephesians chapter 5, but again let’s begin with verse 1. 
Ephesians 5:1-2 
"Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; (it’s just like a child who loves his parents, and the parent love his children, and this should be the relationship) 2. And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour." Philippians 2:5-6 
Now speaking of Christ)6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:" 
Now verse 7. 
Philippians 2:7 
Philippians 2:8 
"And being found in fashion as a man, (Christ had all the attributes of a man although He was still God) he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." 
Christ humbled Himself and permitted the Romans and Jews do what they did. Love! Love kept Him on the cross, and so He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death on that cross. 
Now let’s come back to Ephesians chapter 5 again. 
Do you think God’s pleased when people ignore the work of the cross? Ephesians 5:3 
Now Paul doesn’t go through all the long list like he did in Ephesians chapter 2 or Galatians chapter 4, or Romans chapter 3. A lot of people have problems with this chapter in Romans because they can’t quite figure out what Paul’s talking about. Romans 7:7 
Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, (or my old Adamic nature, which is really what sin is. Now over the years I’ve always taught that you can hardly commit a single sin against God without coveting first? Ephesians 5:3 
Then Paul goes on and lists some more of these terrible sins. Ephesians 5:4 
My goodness David had all kinds of opportunity to rejoice, and Paul says in Philippians to rejoice, we don’t have to walk around with a long face. Let’s look at that for a moment in chapter 4 of the Book of Philippians. This is one of the best two verses on prayer in the whole Bible. Philippians 4:6a 
You’ve seen these little wall plaques that say, "why worry when you can pray." We’re not supposed to worry. Philippians 4:6b 
It doesn’t do you any good to petition God if you forget to thank Him for it in advance as you pray.. Thanking God is the criteria, that’s the modus operandi for prayer. Philippians 4:6b 
"...let your requests be made known unto God...." 
Here we can come, and ask with thanksgiving, but God may say, No! God never promises us that we’re going to go through life without problems. This passage fits right along this same line of thinking. The peace that passeth all understanding will keep our heart and minds through Christ Jesus. Now let’s look what David writes, and let’s start with verse 5. Psalms 37:5 
"Commit thy way unto the LORD trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass" 
My I’ve gone through trying times myself, and I just about wear that verse out. You don’t go home and lose sleep over worrying if the letter got there. Psalms 37:5 
"Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass." 
When you have a need, a problem, or concern, you simply commit it to the Lord. The other verse I like here in this chapter is verse 7. 
Psalms 37:7a 
"Rest in the LORD,..." 
Turn those concerns over to Him, don’t hang on to your problems. Psalms 37:7b 
Don’t worry about that, because those are things that are in God’s hand. Some times it takes a lot longer than we think. It may take years, but God will do it in His own time. Now back to Ephesians chapter 5 for a few moments. Now verse 5, and again Paul comes back to the opposite side of the coin. Ephesians 5:5 
"For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God." 
How can people say, "Well don’t you think the Grace of God will be sufficient?" Colossians 1:12-13 
Ephesians 5:5 
"For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God." 
Now then verse 6. 
Ephesians 5:6 
"Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience." 
Now I’m not going to have enough time for this verse, I can see that already, but remember God is not pouring out His wrath today, the whole world is under His Grace, but His wrath is coming. For a moment let’s turn to II Timothy chapter 2, and we’ll read verse 16 and 23 both. Babbling! So Paul wasn’t the babbler, but rather they were. Well anyway we’re to shun profane and vain babblings. 
II Timothy 2:16 
Now skip all the verses in between and now come down to verse 23. This verse is along that same line of thinking. 
 
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LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 38
Ephesians 4:25–5:6
Now let’s come back to where we left off in the last lesson, and that would be verse 2 of Ephesians chapter 5, but again let’s begin with verse 1.
Ephesians 5:1-2 
"Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; (it’s just like a child who loves his parents, and the parent love his children, and this should be the relationship) 2. And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour." Philippians 2:5-6
Now speaking of Christ)6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:"
Now verse 7.
Philippians 2:7
Philippians 2:8
"And being found in fashion as a man, (Christ had all the attributes of a man although He was still God) he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."
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Ephesians 4:25–5:6 
Now let’s come back to Ephesians chapter 4, we have a few more verses left in this chapter. Ephesians 4:31 
Ephesians 2:1-2 
Satan is the one whom the world marches to, and now verse 3. 
Ephesians 2:3 
"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ." 
Galatians 5:18 
"But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law." 
The Spirit will do what the Law couldn’t do. Galatians 5:19-21 
Now verse 32 
Ephesians 4:32 
Now love begets love, doesn’t it? Love changes everything, because it’s that attitude of love that immediately puts into practice the keeping of the commandments, love will never let us covet, love will never let us steal, love will never let us commit adultery, because love changes everything. Well so does the new life. Ephesians 4:32b 
"...tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath (already) forgiven you." 
God has already forgiven you, and what’s past is done! And when God finishes it, it’s done completely. Now here’s another graphic difference between Law and Grace. Look in Matthew chapter 6, and we’ll begin with verse 8. The Lord’s Prayer is in John chapter 17, that’s what He prayed, but here He’s teaching the twelve disciples what to pray for the nation of Israel. So it’s the Disciples’ Prayer, remember that. Matthew 6:8 
So even today people will call and write and say, "If God knows everything, if God is Sovereign and everything is going to be as He pre-planned it, then why pray?" Prayer does change things, not that we change God’s mind, but all of that is factored in to the fact that we are to pray. So here is how the disciples, under Law, were to pray. 
10. Thy kingdom come...." 
Matthew 6:11 
Always remember Jesus’ earthly teachings were all under Law. Matthew 19:16117 
there is none good but one, that is God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." 
So always remember everything that Jesus taught was in accordance with the Law of Moses. Under Law from the Lord’s own lips we read. 
Matthew 6:12 
"And forgive us our debts, (or sins or trespasses. When?) as we forgive our debtors." Matthew 6:15 
"But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." 
The Bible teaches that under Grace the following. 
Ephesians 4:32 
"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, (why?) even as God for Christ’s sake hath (already) forgiven you." 
Turn over to the right a few pages to the Book of Colossians chapter 2, verse 13. Under Law there was no forgiveness until you forgave first. But now under Grace look what Paul says. 
Colossians 2:13 
Do you see how God has forgiven us first? Now you’d better forgive them, because if God forgave me, who am I to say, that I can’t forgive my neighbor. Colossians 3:13 
Christ has already forgiven you, it’s done! God expects you to! God forgave you by Grace, and Faith + Nothing! 
Sovereign Grace, that’s why God can forgive, and we looked at that a few lessons ago in Exodus chapter 33 God is Sovereign Grace, and I know that’s beyond human comprehension. Moses couldn’t handle it, but look what God says in verse 18 and 19. Exodus 33:17-18 
We’re never quite satisfied. "Show me thy glory" he says. Now verse 19. 
I suppose way deep down Moses almost thought, "God why don’t you destroy them? I think Moses kind of expected God to simply annihilate that whole nation one of these times. But God had to show Moses, "Listen Moses, you don’t know my heart of Grace! You don’t understand that I Am Sovereign, and I will show Grace and mercy to whom I please! 
They’ve been enemies of society, but will God save them? God says, "I died for that person." God died for that person just as much as He did for you and me, and God’s Sovereign Grace can reach down and save that individual just as He saved us, so always remember that. Because of the Grace of God, Paul can now write, "That we can forgive our neighbor and family members, and we should do this because God has already forgiven us." So the lesson is if God forgave you, then why can’t you also forgive. Always remember that’s the vast chasm between Law and Grace." Ephesians 5:1 
"Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;" 
I John 2:1a 
"My little children,..." 
I John 2:1a 
"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not...." I John 2:1b 
"...And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:" 
We are as believers, members of the family of God, and as children we are to walk differently. 
Ephesians 5:2a 
"And walk in love,..." 
So Paul says, "Here’s your motivation as dear children, walk in love." Now remember back in chapter 2, verse 2 Paul uses the same terminology, only then we were in the world before salvation. 
 
 
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LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 38
Ephesians 4:25–5:6
Now let’s come back to Ephesians chapter 4, we have a few more verses left in this chapter. Ephesians 4:31
Ephesians 2:1-2
Satan is the one whom the world marches to, and now verse 3.
Ephesians 2:3
"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ."
Galatians 5:18
"But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law."
The Spirit will do what the Law couldn’t do. Galatians 5:19-21
Now verse 32
Ephesians 4:32
Now love begets love, doesn’t it? Love changes everything, because it’s that attitude of love that immediately puts into practice the keeping of the commandments, love will never let us covet, love will never let us steal, love will never let us commit adultery, because love changes everything. Well so does the new life. Ephesians 4:32b
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Ephesians 4:12-24 
Ephesians 4:22 
"That ye put off concerning the former conversation (manner of living) the old man, (old Adam) which is corrupt according to deceitful lusts;" 
God has always promised that people would be judged all the way up through Scripture. 
It goes without saying that when Israel, God’s covenant people, would go down the tube as we put it today, God would judge. So God would not hesitate to judge that little nation when they needed to be judged. 
So you can see that God doesn’t always wink at man’s wickedness and put up with it. The first evidence of this is found in Genesis 15, where God is promising Abraham that his offspring, the nation of Israel, would one day be going down into Egypt into slavery and captivity. 
Genesis 15:13a 
"And he (God) said unto Abram, know of a surety (when God says it, you can bet on it) that thy seed (or offspring) shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs,..." Here God doesn’t name Egypt, but we know now from our side of the coin, that’s who he’s talking about. 
Genesis 15:13b-16 
Why would God say that? So God says to Caleb, "You’ve got to cleanse the land of them." Well it was God’s judgment on their wickedness. So all the way up through their history there comes points of time periodically when God says, "I’ve had enough." 
The great next event before God judged the Canaanites was God’s judgment on mankind with Noah’s flood, and after the flood we find God judged Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis chapter 19. So God’s judgment fell on those people also. And God’s going to judge the world again, because the Bible is just screaming, "There is a judgment coming." Here Jesus is speaking during His earthly ministry. 
Luke 21:20-22 
Over a million Jews were slaughtered, unmercifully, when Titus finally overran the city of Jerusalem. Now verse 23. 
Luke 21:23 
What is the controversy with the city of Jerusalem and the nation of Israel at that time? Let His blood be upon our children, and our children’s children. Now here in verse 24 Jesus is still speaking. 
Luke 21:24a 
Luke 21:24b 
The Gentiles cup of iniquity. Just like God said back in Genesis chapter 15 that the cup of iniquity for the Canaanites, was not yet full, and would need another 200 years to fill it, so also the times of the Gentiles at the end time. Over on one side you have the filling of this cup of iniquity on behalf of the Gentiles, but over on the other side you have the filling up of the Body of Christ, the True Church (that’s us). Now let’s look at Romans 11:25, and don’t forget what our Lord said in Luke chapter 21 that we just looked at. 
Luke 21:24b 
"...and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled." In other words God will have to bring his wrath upon the Gentile world – now the other side of the coin we find here in Romans. 
Romans 11:25 
(the Body of Christ completed) 
In Luke it’s the cup of iniquity of the Gentile world. Over here in Romans we have the filling of the Body of Christ. Of course the cup of iniquity of the Gentiles will go 7 years beyond the filling of the Body of Christ. Ephesians 4:24 
"And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." Romans 6:5-6 
"For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6. Knowing this, that our old man (the old Adam, that old sin nature that we’re born with) is crucified with him, that the body of sin (that influence of the old Adamic nature) might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." 
Romans 6:8 
"Now if we be dead with Christ, (by our faith) we believe that we shall also live with him:" 
If we identify with His death, burial, and resurrection, by faith, then God identifies us in that same set of circumstances. II Corinthians 5:14 
"For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:" 
So consequently Christ died for the whole human race, because the whole human race was spiritually dead, and needed salvation. Now verse 15. 
II Corinthians 5:15 
Paul just pops our salvation Gospel in there all the time. Now verse 16. 
II Corinthians 5:16 
"Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more." 
Now my own idea of this verse is, that Paul is referring to Christ and His earthly ministry. Paul knew all about Jesus of Nazareth, my goodness they were about the same age, and he walked contemporary with Jesus. Our salvation is found in Paul’s writings on this side of the cross. II Corinthians 5:16 
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Ephesians 4:12-24
Ephesians 4:22
"That ye put off concerning the former conversation (manner of living) the old man, (old Adam) which is corrupt according to deceitful lusts;"
God has always promised that people would be judged all the way up through Scripture.
It goes without saying that when Israel, God’s covenant people, would go down the tube as we put it today, God would judge. So God would not hesitate to judge that little nation when they needed to be judged.
So you can see that God doesn’t always wink at man’s wickedness and put up with it. The first evidence of this is found in Genesis 15, where God is promising Abraham that his offspring, the nation of Israel, would one day be going down into Egypt into slavery and captivity.
Genesis 15:13a
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Ephesians 4:17a 
God doesn’t want somebody that the world would say, "If that’s being a Christian, then I’m glad I’m not one." Ephesians 4:17b 
"...walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind." Now that word walk is a unique Pauline term. Ephesians 2:2a 
"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,..." 
Now what does Paul mean by that? Their everyday life’s experience before believing the Gospel, and the course they walked. Now coming back to chapter 4, and verse 17 our walk now is as a member of the Body of Christ. Paul tells us not to walk as those pagan Gentiles do. Now when I’m studying Scripture I try to remember the circumstances in which Paul lived and wrote. Paul would come in pretty much alone into these pagan cities. Ephesians 4:17 
Now verse 18, and in this verse is the other Gentiles that Paul is referring to. 
Ephesians 4:18 
Now immediately two verses just pop into my mind. So let’s go back to John’s gospel chapter 3 
John 3:19 
"And this is the condemnation, that light (reference to Jesus of Nazareth) is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, (why?) because their deeds were evil." 
Do you remember that? John 3:19b-20 
"...and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (look at the next verse) 20. Adam! Ephesians 4:18 
"Having their understanding darkened (they loved walking in the dark, because their deeds were evil. But now what’s the next word in that verse?) alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:" 
Satan did. Well no wonder we’re in trouble. If you can put Satan out of the picture, then he’s home free isn’t he? If you’re not going to recognize him, he has free reign. II Corinthians 4:3-4 
"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: (if they’re lost they’re in darkness. If they’re in darkness, they’re blind, and it’s just a vicious circle) 4. In whom (these that are lost) the god of this world (Satan) hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." 
If you can keep people blind, they can’t see the light. I’ve never had it happen, but I’ve been waiting for the time that some one will say, "Well Les, you make too much of the apostle Paul." 
II Corinthians 4:5 
"For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake." 
We’re just going to keep teaching what Paul teaches because he is going to be constantly pointing us to the crucified, risen, and ascended Lord. Now back to Ephesians chapter 4, verse 19, and Paul is speaking of these people who are in darkness. He’s speaking of these people who the god of this world is keeping blind. 
Ephesians 4:19 
Alright, what about a young man like that, does God love him? Absolutely! "Greed!" Now verse 20. 
Ephesians 4:20 
"But ye have not so learned Christ;" 
We’re not in the Body of Christ to promote our greed. Ephesians 4:21 
"If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:" (Now everybody knows that verse in John) 
Truth, Gospel, and Christ, all mean basically the same thing. If you know Christ you know the Gospel. If you know the Gospel you know Truth, and they just all fit together. So what Paul is saying here in verse 21 is, if you know the Gospel, if you’re a member of this Body of Christ, then you have Truth, and we have Truth that the world knows nothing of. Now in verse 22, Paul comes into a review of what he taught more explicitly in the Book of Romans. 
Ephesians 4:22a 
"That ye put off concerning the former conversation (manner of living) the old man,..." 
Now the old man in Paul’s language is old Adam. Ephesians 4:22b 
Now corrupt isn’t a pretty word is it? That old seed potato that is now rotten, that old potato which is now corrupt. Now God loves us, don’t get me wrong, but the old Adam is corrupt, and vile. Genesis 6:5-7 
"And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Now you come on down to verse 11, and we’ll pick up with the word "corrupt." 
Genesis 6:11-12 
"The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh has corrupted his way upon the earth." 
There you have the word corrupt three times in 2 verses, and you know by now when God repeats something 2 or 3 times in a short period, what’s He doing? Emphasizing. Hey, we’re close to that time again. Genesis 6:13 
 
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Ephesians 4:1-11 - Part 2 
If we can just get people back into the Book, and realize that it’s the greatest Book on earth. So let’s finished that one before we go on into the following verses in this chapter. 
Ephesians 4:6 
One Body, one Spirit, one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and now one God and Father of all. This of course is the Jewish view of God being like Paul just said in Ephesians, "One God." Deuteronomy 6:4 
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:" And here you have all the letters capitalized. Deuteronomy 6:4-5 
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." 
Isaiah 9:6 
God the Son! Matthew 3:16-17 
"And Jesus when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: (so there in the Person of Jesus we have One of them in God the Son) and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God (there’s number 2, the Holy Spirit) descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: (and here in verse 17 you have the third One in the voice from heaven, the Father is implied) 17. . II Corinthians 13:14 
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, (Son) and the love of God, (Father) and the communion of the Holy Ghost (Spirit) be with you all, Amen." 
So we’re not polytheists, as we believe in the One God, the One Father of all as Paul mentions in Ephesians. So let’s come back to our text in that Book to chapter 4, and read verse 6 again. 
Ephesians 4:6 
Now verse 7. 
Ephesians 4:7 
Now verse 8. 
Ephesians 4:8 
"Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men." 
Now back to Ephesians and let’s read verse 8 again. 
Ephesians 4:8-10 
"Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Well come back with me first to Matthew chapter 12. Let’s look at verse 40. Matthew 12:40 
Luke 16:19-21 
Now continuing on in verse 22. 
Remember Abraham died 2,000 years BC. Now Jesus didn’t take him to heaven like some teach, but rather He took him down with Him into paradise, in the heart of the earth. "...the rich man also died, and was buried:" 
The rich man had died and his body was buried, and his soul had gone down into the ether part. Hell is what the Scripture calls that place. 
Luke 16:23-24 
You know the story of how Abraham couldn’t do what the rich man asked. Look at verse 26 what Abraham tells the rich man. 
Luke 16:2628 
(hell side) 27. Then he (the rich man) said, I pray thee therefore, father, (Abraham) that thou wouldest send him (Lazarus) to my father’s house: 28. Now verse 29 I always like to use when I emphasize Paul’s writing for us today in the Church Age. Luke 16:29 
Notice Abraham didn’t tell them, "Well they can pray to God." Abraham said, "They’ve got the written Word." We know that Abraham and Lazarus were on the Paradise side. Ephesians 4:9 
"(Now that he (Christ) ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?" 
This was where Abraham, Lazarus, and all the Old Testament saints were waiting for the atoning blood of the Cross so they could then enter into what we now know as heaven. Now let’s read on in Ephesians chapter 4. Let’s read verse 9 in it’s entirety. 
Ephesians 4:9-10 
So once Christ finished the work of the Cross and went down into Paradise and preached to those spirits in prison as Peter says, "Now what could Christ tell the Old Testament believers? ‘Today in the Church Age as believers die their soul goes right into the presence of Christ in what the Bible calls the third heaven, the very abode of God. 
So remember, the work of the Cross finished the whole plan of redemption for the Old Testament saints as well as for us today in the Church Age. God has removed some of them, but look what we have left in verse 11. 
Ephesians 4:11a 
Now at the time Paul wrote this there were still apostles. He claimed to be an apostle in Romans chapter 11. Now coming back to Ephesians chapter 4, verse 11. Even Paul’s doctrines were not yet in print. And so until Paul’s letter and the rest of the New Testament came about, God had to have gifted men to keep the thing going from the time that the Church began until these Church letters appeared. Every local church that is true to the Word of God should have these kind of men functioning and active in that local Body of believers, and what are they? 
Ephesians 4:11b 
"...evangelist, and some, pastors and teachers;" 
And that literally fills the need of the local church. Not all pastors are good teachers, and God doesn’t expect them to be. All evangelists aren’t teachers, so they are three distinct gifted kinds of men that God has placed in the local Body of believers. Ephesians 4:12a 
 
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Ephesians 4:1-11 - Part 2
If we can just get people back into the Book, and realize that it’s the greatest Book on earth. So let’s finished that one before we go on into the following verses in this chapter.
Ephesians 4:6
One Body, one Spirit, one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and now one God and Father of all. This of course is the Jewish view of God being like Paul just said in Ephesians, "One God." Deuteronomy 6:4
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:" And here you have all the letters capitalized. Deuteronomy 6:4-5
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."
Isaiah 9:6
God the Son! Matthew 3:16-17
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Now in verse 5 let’s continue our teachings of these seven things that make up a unity in the Body of Christ, and they are, "The one Body, The one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of all." Ephesians 4:5a 
"One Lord,..." 
Now what I like to show here is the word "Lord" coming out of the Old Testament back in Genesis chapter 2. You have to remember back in the Old Testament you have the word Lord used in two different ways. You have it used all capitalized, "LORD" and you also have it used "Lord." Now all the way through Genesis chapter 1 we just see the word, "God." God said this, God did this, God was pleased and so forth. Genesis 2:4 
Here we now have LORD in capitals. It’s the same God, but you see Paul is using the term, "Lord" here in Ephesians as the Master part of our Saviour and our Lord. If I remember correctly the disciples referred to the Lord most times as "Master" didn’t they? Ephesians 4:5b 
"...one faith,..." 
How many different faiths are there? So within the realm of Christendom, how many faiths? They’ve broken Christendom down to these various faith. There is only one faith! Jude 1:3 
The faith, not just your faith, but rather the faith! Well what’s the faith? Well let’s just go back and look at some of the places that Paul use that word. I’m always stressing that Paul is the apostle of the Gentiles, Paul is basically the Church Age apostle, and so let’s come back to his letter to the Romans in chapter 3. He uses this word "faith" over, and over through out his letters. 
Now I trust that each of you already know my definition of the word faith? It’s simply, "taking God at His Word!" Faith is always taking God at His Word. God said it, and I believe it, and God reckons that as our faith. No, Paul says, "There is only one faith." Now have you got Romans chapter 3? And let’s start at verse 23. 
Romans 3:23-25a 
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood,..." 
All right let’s use my definition here for the word faith, and let’s just feed it in here. "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation"...(our everything) through taking God at His Word concerning His blood. I haven’t got time in this lesson to look at the various verses concerning the blood of Christ. Remember that? We’re under the blood! The Bible says so, and if the Bible says so, then I just simply take God at His Word. Faith, Believe, and Trust. Romans 1:16 
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it (the Gospel) is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;..." (or takes God at His Word.) 
To every person that takes God at His Word. Here in verse 8 is a classic salvation verse. 
Ephesians 2:8 
"For by grace are ye saved through faith: (or taking God at His Word by believing Paul’s Gospel) and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God:" 
Let’s back up a page or two to the little Book of Galatians chapter 2, and verse 20. This is Paul’s own testimony. 
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; (so being crucified with Christ is an identification process) yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh(our everyday living) I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me," 
The Son of God is the One Who was declared. Let’s begin in verse 4. 
Romans 1:4-5 
So that people would take God at His Word. And what has the Word of God declared? There’s only one faith! You can’t put your faith in some other god or by believing something else. You can’t put your faith in a denomination. We’ve got many baptisms also. 
Ephesians 4:5b 
"...one baptism," 
Now let’s just look at this word for a moment. One baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, and the other baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. "For by one Spirit (the Holy Spirit) are we (believers) all baptized into one body,..." 
This Spirit baptism is the only baptism that Paul knows. The moment we believe the Gospel as outlined in I Corinthians 15:1-4 and Romans 10:9-10 the Holy Spirit in His invisible, all powerful modus operandi placed the believer into the Body of Christ. That’s the one baptism that Paul talks about in Ephesians. Remember the Holy Spirit never goofs up. There is never an unbeliever placed into the Body of Christ! Let’s come back to Ephesians chapter 1 for a moment and look at a verse on this. Ephesians 1:13 
"In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise." 
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Ephesians 4:1-11
Now in verse 5 let’s continue our teachings of these seven things that make up a unity in the Body of Christ, and they are, "The one Body, The one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of all." Ephesians 4:5a
"One Lord,..."
Now what I like to show here is the word "Lord" coming out of the Old Testament back in Genesis chapter 2. You have to remember back in the Old Testament you have the word Lord used in two different ways. You have it used all capitalized, "LORD" and you also have it used "Lord." Now all the way through Genesis chapter 1 we just see the word, "God." God said this, God did this, God was pleased and so forth. Genesis 2:4
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Ephesians 3:8-21 
Remember Paul is writing to believers. 
Ephesians 3:17-19a 
For us to comprehend these things is the desire of God, and of this apostle for every believer. Let’s read verse 10 again as we start. 
I Corinthians 2:10 
"But God hath revealed (the things that have not been seen or heard in verse 9. God has revealed) them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." 
How many believers today go into the deep things of God? Precious, precious few. I Corinthians 2:11b 
"...even so the (deep) things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God." 
Now it certainly helps in Bible study to have a good reference Bible. Get a good one and hopefully one with some footnotes to clarify some things that may be a little hard to understand, Just learn to do Bible study, comparing Scripture with Scripture. Now verse 12. 
I Corinthians 2:12 
It just won’t work that way, because we have to depend on the Spirit of God. Now being human I like words of encouragement, and over and over people have written that they have prayed that God would open the Scripture to them. I Corinthians 2:13 
"Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; (and how does the Holy Spirit teach?) comparing spiritual things with spiritual." 
No matter how hard you try to fit them in they simply won’t fit! 
Listen, that’s what too many Bible studies do. Remember God changes His programs but God never changes like I said early while teaching this Book of Ephesians. As we find in Matthew chapter 21 He was teaching one of His parables. Matthew 21:45 
Jesus never taught anything that was completely out in left field, but He’s constantly driving his teaching home to the Nation of Israel. Matthew 21:45 
Now coming back to I Corinthians chapter 2, and finish the study on the deep things of God. Let’s pick up with verse 13. This is all part and parcel of what Paul is enlarging on in Ephesians chapter 3, when he prays, "That we have the might and the power of the height, and depth, and length, and breadth of spiritual discernment." 
I Corinthians 2:13 
"Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual." 
All right, now what’s Paul saying? "How many people lean on what men have said?" Now verse 14. 
I Corinthians 2:14 
"But the natural man (the unbeliever. Now let’s go back to the Book of Ephesians. 
Ephesians 3:17-18 
"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, (that is the love of God that brought us unto Himself. Ephesians 3:19 
"And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." (Read that verse again) 
Ephesians 3:19a 
"And to know the love of Christ,..." 
Now listen that’s beyond human comprehension. "The Love of God!" How God loves the human race! II Corinthians 4:3-4 
In whom (in lost people) the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." 
Who is keeping lost people lost? Well Satan is! People think you’re a fundamentalist kook if you use that term. But listen, the Bible explicitly tells us that his power is tremendous, and only the power of God can break his blinding the unbeliever. 14. And a certain woman named Lydia a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, (she was Jewish and worshipping the God of Abraham, and this Lydia) heard us; whose heart the Lord opened, (now before the Lord could open her heart to believe Paul’s Gospel, what other power did God have to exercise? He had to break the blinding power of Satan. (Lydia believed Paul’s Gospel and became a believer.) 
Satan has blinded the eyes of those that believe not and only the power of God can open their understanding. Now let’s come back to Ephesians chapter 3, and let’s read verse 19 again. 
Ephesians 3:19 
"And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." 
I don’t think there’s ever been a human alive, at least not on this side of the apostle Paul that has really understood the fulness of God. Now verse 20. Here Paul ends this prayer. 
Ephesians 3:20 
Just for a moment let’s come over to the Book of Colossians and look at another prayer for believers. 
Colossians 1:9 
Now verse 10. 
Colossians 1:10-14 
"That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, (remember God never tells us to be a thorn in people. Ephesians 3:21 
"Unto him be glory in the church (the Body of Christ) by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. 
 
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Ephesians 3:8-21 
Now as we begin this lesson turn to Ephesians chapter 3 and verse 11 where Paul writes to the Church Age believers the following. 
Ephesians 3:11 
"According to the eternal purpose which he (the God of verse 10) purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:" 
II Timothy 1:7 
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind..." 
Should believers ever have mental problems? Now God loves them, and they hurt, I tell you it’s absolutely awful. Now verse 8. 
II Timothy 1:8 
" Be not thou ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me has prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; " 
The only time the world will get upset with preaching is when the power of God begins to transform lives, now that the world doesn’t want. The world’s going to fight that tooth and toenail. But you see Paul says even though the power of God is being exemplified, we still don’t have to fear, because He is Sovereign. Now verse 9 is the verse I wanted to get to, and the verse starts off by referring to the power of God in verse 9. 
" Who (God) hath saved us, (already) and called us with an holy calling, (now holy doesn’t mean angelically pure or sinless, but rather we’re set apart. Now back to Ephesians chapter 3. So look at verse 11 again. Remember every thing that we comprehend of the mysteries are all part of His eternal purpose. 
Ephesians 3:11 
"According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:" 
Now verse 12. Where are we as believers? (Reference, I Corinthians 15:1-4). When we have been placed into the Body of Christ we have a union with Christ that the world knows nothing of. Now you want to remember that a lot of church members are not in the Body of Christ! We have multitudes of church people who have never had this kind of a salvation experience where God places them into the Body. 
The important thing is "are you in the Body of Christ?" So baptism is not what counts, what counts is, "are we in the Body of Christ? Are we positioned where God want to position us?" Now verse 12. 
Ephesians 3:12a 
What does most religion do to people? Now read on.) 
Ephesians 3:12b 
"... and access with confidence by the faith of him." We have access to the very throne room of God. Hebrews 4:16 
Now back to Ephesians chapter 3. Let’s look at verse 12 again. 
Ephesians 3:12 
I hope I’m not doing any injustice when I use the word faithfulness in that verse. We never have to question that as believers!" Now then we’ve got time to go into a prayer of the apostle on behalf of you and I as believers. Ephesians 3:13 
Now verse 14. 
Ephesians 3:14 
"For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ," 
Ephesians 3:15-16 
The Pneuma of course is the spirit, but the Hagion really means "the power from on high." Now the Pneuma Hagion is precipitated by the indwelling spirit. The Pneuma Hagion. I don’t have to pray for the Holy Spirit, because I know I have Him. I think this is what Paul is speaking of in verse 16. 
Ephesians 3:16b 
"to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man." 
And where is the spirit? In the inner man. He’s there all the time. The Holy Spirit never leaves us, you’ve got Him. Now verse 17 as we continue his prayer. 
Ephesians 3:17a 
"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;..." 
And what’s faith? "Taking God at His Word!" So often people will says, "Well how do I know that I’ve been placed into the Body of Christ? How do I know that I have the indwelling Spirit? Because Paul says so. I Corinthians 3:16 
"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 
Now here Paul is making it so plain then that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. How do I know the Holy Spirit lives within me? I’m not one of those who hears God talk out loud. I’ve never yet heard Him talk audibly to me. Now I think He affects our thoughts, and as we study the Scriptures God speaks to us through His Word. I’ve never had that happen, and I’m a little bit dubious when people talk like that, because the Bible doesn’t teach that. But we do have the indwelling Person of the Holy Spirit living within us. Now back to Ephesians chapter 3. So Christ in the Person of the Holy Spirit is dwelling in our hearts as believers. Ephesians 3:17b-18 
"...that ye being rooted and grounded in love, 18. There is a dimension to the Christian life that the secular world cannot explain. We’ll start with verse 9. 
I Corinthians 2:9 
Well I can’t! Verse 10. 
11. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him?..." 
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LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 37
Ephesians 3:8-21
Now as we begin this lesson turn to Ephesians chapter 3 and verse 11 where Paul writes to the Church Age believers the following.
Ephesians 3:11
"According to the eternal purpose which he (the God of verse 10) purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:"
II Timothy 1:7
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind..."
Should believers ever have mental problems? Now God loves them, and they hurt, I tell you it’s absolutely awful. Now verse 8.
II Timothy 1:8
" Be not thou ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me has prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; "
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Ephesians 3:1-7 
Now back to Ephesians chapter 3, and we’ll jump in at verse 6. Ephesians 3:6 
"That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promises in Christ by the gospel." 
Because it was something that was totally kept secret in the mind of God, that there would be a period of time where God would go to the pagan Gentile world without the Nation of Israel. Remember, God never changes, but His programs do. If you can find a place where Jesus in His earthly ministry ever referred to the Body of Christ I want you to show it to me. If you ever find Peter in the early chapters of Acts refer to this Body of Christ, show it to me, because I haven’t been able to find it. 
But on the other hand, Paul is constantly referring to "The Body of Christ." The Body of Christ will not fit in the Tribulation, which is Jewish. So let’s read verse 6 again. 
Ephesians 3:6 
"That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers, of his (God’s) promise in Christ by the gospel:" 
The Gospel of the Grace of God, that He’s going to save hell bound sinners if they’ll just simply believe with all their heart that Christ died for them. When we taught I Corinthians we brought in these verses in Ephesians. "For as the body (this human body) is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body: (so Paul is talking about the human body with all of it’s members, our hands, feet, eyes, all of these members make up our physical body.) so also is Christ." (or the Body of Christ, the Church!) Paul says that every believer, whether he’s a giant in the faith, or is weak and still carnal, all have been baptized into the One Body of Christ. Now look how Paul defines it. 
I Corinthians 12:13 
The work of the Holy Spirit places every believer into the Body of Christ. The Holy Spirit places that believer of the Gospel into the Body of Christ the moment he believes. All right now, the same thing happens with the Body of Christ. When the last soul is saved and the Body is complete, then the Lord is going to call the whole Body of Christ, the Church, out and up to glory in what we call the Rapture. It’s a vacuum that has to be filled with the power of God. 
So the moment we believe the Holy Spirit baptizes us, or places us, into the Body of Christ regardless of our status in life And remember no one has greater access to the Spirit than anyone else. Now verse 14. 
I Corinthians 12:14 
"For the body (whether you’re speaking of the human body or the Body of Christ,) is not one member, but many." 
And we’re all members of that same Body of Christ. Now just to show you how much emphasis the apostle Paul puts on this term "The Body of Christ" let me show you by hitting just a few of them. I Corinthians 12:26-27 
If a fellow believer is hurting, then we all hurt. Now the next verse.) 27. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular." 
Ephesians 1:22-23 
Which is his body (I read it that way purposely, because at the end of verse 22 there’s just a comma so you continue to read. Ephesians 2:16a 
"And that he might reconcile both (back up in verse 14 the both is Jew and Gentile) unto God in one body by the cross,..." 
That’s why Paul says, "We preach crucified, and risen again." It’s that death, burial and resurrection of Paul’s Gospel that makes the appearance and consummation of the Body of Christ possible. Ephesians 4:12 
"For the perfecting (or the maturing ) of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:" 
Now let’s go to Colossians chapter 2 for a moment, and drop down to verse 16 and 17, but before we read those two verses, I can’t miss verse 14 since we’re so close to it, because I just simply love that verse. 
Colossians 2:14-15 
Now verse 16. Colossians 2:16-17 
I mean the Body of Christ is real. Now let’s come back to Ephesians chapter 3, and verse 7. 
Ephesians 3:7a 
"Whereof (to be the apostle of the Gentiles) I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God..." 
Why didn’t God just zap them? Had Hitler recognized his shortcomings, God would have saved him. How does Paul put it in Romans chapter 5? 
"...But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: Now looking at verse 7 again in Ephesians chapter 3. 
Ephesians 3:7a 
Now completing verse 7 we find the following. 
Ephesians 3:7b 
The power was of God. It was God’s power that turned the Roman empire inside out, Paul was just the instrument. But again had Paul not been willing to suffer for the sake of the Gospel, could God have used him? 
 
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LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 37
Ephesians 3:1-7
Now back to Ephesians chapter 3, and we’ll jump in at verse 6. Ephesians 3:6
"That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promises in Christ by the gospel."
Because it was something that was totally kept secret in the mind of God, that there would be a period of time where God would go to the pagan Gentile world without the Nation of Israel. Remember, God never changes, but His programs do. If you can find a place where Jesus in His earthly ministry ever referred to the Body of Christ I want you to show it to me. If you ever find Peter in the early chapters of Acts refer to this Body of Christ, show it to me, because I haven’t been able to find it.
But on the other hand, Paul is constantly referring to "The Body of Christ." The Body of Christ will not fit in the Tribulation, which is Jewish. So let’s read verse 6 again.
Ephesians 3:6
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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 37 
Ephesians 3:1-7 
Now picking up where we left off in the last lesson, we had gotten down to verse 3 where Paul again is taking credit for having the revelation of the mystery or the secret that has been held in the mind of God ever since the world began, which you pick up down in verse 9. In fact let’s just read verse 9 so that you’ll see why I’m spending so much time on this up here in the first 2 or 3 verses. 
Ephesians 3:9a 
"And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, (secrets) which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God,..." 
Now always remember when we speak of the apostle Paul as having the revelations there were other men that followed in his footsteps. Then of course Timothy and Titus, and then there were also probably others, but they were all working in Paul’s footsteps, and each were proclaiming Paul’s Gospel of Grace. Paul makes that so plain in his second letter to Timothy. 
"I charge thee therefore before God,...2. II Timothy 4:5-6 
So now back to verse 3, where Paul tells us about these secrets. 
Ephesians 3:3-4 
"How that by revelation (by revealing) he made known unto me the mystery; (these things that had been kept secret) (as I wrote afore in few words, (in chapters 1 and 2) 4. Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)" 
All right let’s go back to Romans so we can put some other Scripture verses with this. Romans is the foundational Book of Paul’s letters so far as doctrine in concerned. Romans 16:25 
See, Paul was the very first one to preach this Gospel that Jesus died for you, was buried and rose again. No one else in Scripture preaches this as a salvation doctrine. I’ve had people ridiculously try to tell me that Adam was saved by believing the Gospel. The Gospel hadn’t been revealed. No one had a concept, according to Paul, of the Gospel as we now know it. I Peter 1:10-11 
"Of which salvation (as we now know in the age of Grace, and I’m sure he is now alluding to Paul’s Gospel at least somewhat.) the prophets (Old Testament writers) have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: (now look at the next verse) 11. what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow." 
Genesis 35:18 
Benoni was "the son of my suffering." Now read it again. 
I Peter 1:11 
Now after reading Romans 16:25 a moment ago where Paul says "it’s the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mysteries," let’s come on to I Corinthians chapter 4, and look at another one. I Corinthians 4:1 
"Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God." 
I Corinthians 4:2 
So we’re to be faithful stewards of the mysteries. Notice the word mystery just jumps off the page at you. 
I Corinthians 15:51-52 
"Behold I shew you a mystery; (Paul is going to tell us something here something that has never even been hinted at anywhere else in the Bible. The Old Testament knew nothing of it. Now reading verse 52.) Since we’re in this chapter, let’s go back to those first four verses and look at another mystery that was only given to Paul. Here it is, this is the Gospel of the Grace of God, and according to Romans 16:25 it had been kept secret since the world began before being given to Paul. "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand: 2. By which (the Gospel) also ye are saved, (now that’s as plain as you can get it.) if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. (now here’s the Gospel we must believe) Because Paul was the one to whom it was first revealed, and oh that’s so hard for people to swallow. Also remember Jesus preached that which was still under the Law. Every word that Jesus taught and preached in His earthly ministry was to the Nation of Israel under the Law. On the other hand that was Paul’s message. Now reading on as we were about to finish the Gospel that God had given him for us in the Church Age. 
Now folks that the Gospel! This simply is the message of the Gospel of the Grace of God, or as Paul says in another place "we preached Christ crucified, and risen again." I don’t want to belabor the point, but oh if we can just get folks to understand that these mysteries, these secrets that God never revealed until He revealed them to this chosen vessel to take it to the Gentile world. Ephesians 3:5 
So no matter how loyal Paul was to his Lord, yet he suffered, and suffered and finally he died the martyr’s death. Remember Paul was just as human as you and I. 
 
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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 37
Ephesians 3:1-7
Now picking up where we left off in the last lesson, we had gotten down to verse 3 where Paul again is taking credit for having the revelation of the mystery or the secret that has been held in the mind of God ever since the world began, which you pick up down in verse 9. In fact let’s just read verse 9 so that you’ll see why I’m spending so much time on this up here in the first 2 or 3 verses.
Ephesians 3:9a
"And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, (secrets) which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God,..."
Now always remember when we speak of the apostle Paul as having the revelations there were other men that followed in his footsteps. Then of course Timothy and Titus, and then there were also probably others, but they were all working in Paul’s footsteps, and each were proclaiming Paul’s Gospel of Grace. Paul makes that so plain in hi

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EPHESIANS 2:10-19 - PART 2 
Now back to Ephesians chapter 2, and we've just left off with verse 16. The Lord has made this new Body of Christ the Church comprised of Jew and Gentile. 
Ephesians 2:16a 
"And that he might reconcile both unto God,..." 
Now I suppose the average Church or Bible people probably wonder, "well what's the enmity that Paul is talking about when he says "that He might reconcile both unto God?" Well you have to realize that from day one, as soon as God separated the Jew from the Gentile there was enmity between the races. Exodus 11:7 
You see a lot of people don't understand this difference. Let's begin with verse 3. 
Exodus 19:3-4 
"And Moses went up (that is up into Mount Sinai) unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 4. What happened to Israel? What did God do? Exodus 19:5 
Now, where does that put Israel? "above all people." Exodus 19:6a 
"And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation,..." 
In the future every Jew was someday to be a go between for Gentiles and Israel's God. Now that was the whole idea, but Israel lost sight of that, and so Israel almost begin to look within themselves, and had no time for the Gentile world. All right but now come back to verse 6. 
The Messiah would be a God King who would not only just bring goodness and prosperity and peace to Israel, but to the whole world. Yes, first and foremost over the nation of Israel, but to the whole world, not just Israel. Isaiah 42:1 
Well who's the servant? The Messiah, the Christ! But you see Israel lost sight of that. But nevertheless in the divine purposes, God was going to use Israel as a nation of priests to bring all these Gentile nations to a knowledge of Himself, so that He wouldn't be just the King of Israel, but that He could rule and reign over the whole world. Isaiah 59:20-21a 
Then the Lord repeats the new covenant that Jeremiah 31:31 expresses, but now to complete the thought about Israel being a light to the Gentiles let's drop on down to Isaiah 60:1 
Isaiah 60:1-2 
Well the nation of Israel. And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you, Israel, the nation.) 2. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, (a spiritual darkness) and gross darkness the people: (Israel. Isaiah 60:3 
"And the Gentiles shall come to thy light,..." 
And who was Israel's light? The Messiah, The Christ! Now coming back to the Book of Ephesians, verse 16 again. 
Ephesians 2:16-17a 
"And that he might reconcile both (Jew & Gentile) unto God in one body (the Church) by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17. Gentiles. Always remember when God sent the Gospel, as we find in I Corinthians 15:1-4, to the Gentiles predominantly through the apostle Paul, where did that put every Gentiles with relationship to God? He had access to God just like Israel did in the past. 
Remember from Abraham all the way up to Paul's conversion, a period of 2000 years, it was only Israel who had access to God with just a few Gentile exceptions. Then Israel dropped the ball, and God turned to the Gentiles through the apostle Paul. And now for the past 2000 years on this side of the cross it's been Gentiles that have access with God with a few Jewish exceptions. 
Do you see how God always evens things out? When I was teaching that I told you that for 2000 years the nation of Israel was literally living in that place of privileges, on the promises God made to Abraham. I mean every Jew had access to God. But did that make every Jew a believer? The Gentile world. I mean if you're in the Body of Christ then we'll all go together whether you're Jew or Gentile." Ephesians 2:17a 
The Gentiles. Oh they were so far off they couldn't even comprehend God. So let's read the verse again. 
Ephesians 2:17 
The only thing the Jew now must come to salvation the same as the Gentile, and that's by believing Paul's Gospel. Now verse 18. 
Ephesians 2:18 
Remember Paul had been up there in Northern Greece in Troas, Samothracia & Neapolis, and he's establishing little Gentile congregations. "...whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul." 
Now we want to remember that the Holy Spirit is a member of the Godhead just as well as God the Son, and God the Father. Now back to Ephesians chapter 2. Let's look at verse 18 again. 
Ephesians 2:18-19 
"For through him (what Christ has done on our behalf) we both (Jew and Gentiles) have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Read verse 12 again if you will. 
Ephesians 2:12 
"That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:" 
Ephesians 2:19 
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EPHESIANS 2:10-19 - PART 2
Now back to Ephesians chapter 2, and we've just left off with verse 16. The Lord has made this new Body of Christ the Church comprised of Jew and Gentile.
Ephesians 2:16a
"And that he might reconcile both unto God,..."
Now I suppose the average Church or Bible people probably wonder, "well what's the enmity that Paul is talking about when he says "that He might reconcile both unto God?" Well you have to realize that from day one, as soon as God separated the Jew from the Gentile there was enmity between the races. Exodus 11:7
You see a lot of people don't understand this difference. Let's begin with verse 3.
Exodus 19:3-4
"And Moses went up (that is up into Mount Sinai) unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 4. What happened to Israel? What did God do? Exodus 1

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EPHESIANS 2:10-19 
Now, let's look again at Ephesians chapter 2. God has now fulfilled the last part of the Abrahamic Covenant through Abraham, through the nation of Israel, through the Messiah, through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, by now the letters of Paul in particular. Ephesians 2:13 
"But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." 
See it's always been by faith. "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous,.." 
"...and without shedding of blood is no remission." 
Now let's turn to Romans chapter 3, and start at verse 23. 
Romans 3:23 
The whole human race has fallen short of the glory of God. Now verse 24. 
Romans 3:24-25a 
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation (our everything)through faith in his blood,..." 
Now His blood couldn't be shed until He died for the sins of the world. His shed blood and His death are synonymous, they mean the same thing. So we have to place our faith in the fact that the blood of Christ literally became our Passover. "What has God said? God has said in so many words "When I see the blood I'll past over!" Romans 3:25b 
"...through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;" 
The Passover lamb. And as His blood was shed and applied to the door of our hearts the death angel passes over us. Now let's come back to the Book of Ephesians chapter 2. 
Ephesians 2:13 
"But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." 
The blood of Christ makes all the difference in the world, and it's our faith in that shed blood, as well as we saw in our last lesson, The power of His Resurrection, which brings about new life, and from that new life God is looking for fruit. Now verse 14. 
Ephesians 2:14a 
"For he (Christ) is our peace,..." Hey on the world front there will be no peace in this world until the Prince of Peace Himself returns. 
As we believers are united in Christ and become members of the Body of Christ, as a result of that finished work of the cross. So let's turn to chapter 5 verse 1 of the Book of Romans and look at "peace" the reason we've come to Romans. 
Romans 5:1 
Faith + Nothing, and as soon as we're justified by faith) we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:" 
"Peace with God." When you have peace with God then you have peace with everyone else. Now verse 2. 
Romans 5:2 
"By whom (the Lord Jesus and His finished work of the cross) also we have access by faith (taking God at His word) into this grace (or this condition of unmerited favor) wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God." 
So here in verse 14, 
Ephesians 2:14 
Jew and Gentile do you see that?) The Jews and Gentiles, during this Church Age have lost their separateness, they have lost their individual identify as Jews or Gentiles. Now starting with verse 12. 
I Corinthians 12:12 
"For as the body (the human body) is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. I Corinthians 12:13 
So each of us who are the Body of Christ have been baptized by the Holy Spirit into that Body. Ephesians 2:14b 
"...and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;" (Jews and Gentiles) 
Matthew 23:15 
It's destroyed, it's broken down - now verse 15. 
Ephesians 2:15a 
Now we know Romans chapter 8 speaks of enmity with God, but I don't think Paul is speaking of that here. I think here he's talking about enmity between Jew and Gentile. I mean these Jews wouldn't even say the word Gentile. But now when a Jew becomes a believer he is as much in fellowship with a Gentile as a Gentile with a Gentile, or a Jew with a Jew. Ephesians 2:15 
"Having abolished in his flesh (the death of the cross) the enmity, (that was between Jews and Gentiles) even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;" 
Paul speaks of the new man often as a believer. Here Paul is talking about the new person, the Body of Christ, a whole new concept made of Jews and Gentiles. Alright turn to Colossians chapter 2. Gentiles. Colossians 2:14 
So what does Paul say? It killed. Come back to Romans chapter 13 for a moment. Romans 13:8-9 
9. For this, (since love is now the key) Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shall not kill, Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness. The unsaved world can't. We are empowered to love our neighbor. We don't have to worry about death if we break the law for stealing. After all what put Christ on the cross? His love for the human race! 
 
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