( THE BOOK OF ;EPHESIANS STARTING AT(CH>2> V5-V8 ) AS WE BEGAN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS{TEX} WE SEE PAUL WRITING LETTERS TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE CALLED THE EPHESIANS ABOUT HIS CONCERNS HE STARTS OUT WITH A GREETING LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THIS LETTER IS FOR YOU AND MOST OF ALL FOR THE FAITHFUL AS HE CONTINUE TO WRITE HE BEGINS TO GIVE DIRECTION ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BE SAVED IN LAST DAYS SO HE SAYS YOU HATH HE QUICKENED WHO WERE DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SINS WHEREIN IN TIME PAST YE WALKED ACCORDING TO THE COURSE OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR THE SPIRIT THAT NOW WORKETH IN THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE HE TRYING TO LET THEM KNOW IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION THERE WALKING SO THEY CAN WIN THERE REWARD GOD HAS FOR THEM BUT HE GOES TO REVEL THE CONVERSATION THEY HAD IN TIMES PAST ACCORDING TO THING OF THE WORLD SO HE TELLS THEM REMOVE YOURSELF FROM DESIRES AND AS WE CONTINUE LOOK AT THE WORD OF GOD HE BEGINS TO DESCRIBE THE THING WE NEED TO REMOVE OURSELVES FROM AND HE WORDS THEM IN ORDER HE SAYS FIRST REMOVE LUST OF THE FLESH BECAUSE LUST OF THE FLESH BEACUSE IT TAKES YOUR MIND OFF GOD SO YOU CAN FILL YOUR ON DESIRES SO PAUL writes THESE WORDS FOR THIS CAUSED THE GOSPEL TO BE PREACHED TO THEM AND ALSO TO THEM THAT ARE DEAD THAT THEY MIGHT BE JUDGE ACCORDING TO MEN IN THE FLESH STILL LIVING ACCORDING TO GOD IN THE SPIRIT SO AS WE CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND GOD WORD WE REALIZED GODS BLUE PRINT FOR OUR SALVATION THEN THE MASTER GOES ON TO TELL US IF YOU CHOOSE BUT THE LATTER END HE'S PUT RICH IN MERCY IN LAYAWAY FOR HE HAS INVESTED GREAT LOVE IN YOUR SOUL BECAUSE OF HIS SON THAT DIED FOR OUR SINS SO THE MASTER GIVES US A WORD TO INSURE US YOU SEE THERE ONE THING MAN CAN;T DO and IS to INSURE ME SO GOD GOES INSURE ME YET I'M STILL SAVED FOR GOD KNOWS IF HE HAD LEFT US OUT THERE ALL ALONE WERE WE WOULD END UP SO HE SAYS EVEN WHEN WE WERE DEAD IN SIN HE HAD QUICKENED US TOGETHER WITH CHRIST (BY GOD GRACE YOU ARE SAVED ) SO AS WE CONTINUE TO TAKE LOOK AT THIS WORD WE SEE PAUL CONCERNS ABOUT THESE PEOPLE SO ABOUT THIS TIME WE SEE PAUL MOVING TO (VERSE 6;7;8;9;10; ) WERE HE START OUT BY SAYING THERE A PLACE FOR US TO SET PAUL WORDS IT AS SETING TOGETHER IN A HEAVENLY PLACE THEN HE GOES ON TO LET US KNOW THERE A TIME AND SEASON THAT HE MIGHT SHEW RICHEST OF GRACE OF KINDNESS TOWARD US WHAT HE IS TELL US IS I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE NOT GOING ACT AS I WANT YOU TO SO I;M GOING PUT RICHES OF IN PLACE FOR YOU AND YET YOU CAN SAY I'M STILL SAVED THROUGH CHRIST JESUS AND THEN THE MASTER GOES ON TO TELL THAT WE OUR SAVED THROUGH FAITH NOT ON YOUR OWN IT IS GIFT FROM GOD NOT OF YOUR WORKS YOU SEE SOMETIMES WE THINK ALL THAT WE HAVE CAME FROM OUR OWN HARD WORK AND WE LOSE SITE OF GOD WORKS IN YOUR LIFE SO WE FIND OURSELF BOASTING ON SELF WORKS AND NOT GODS WORKS AMEN SO GOD SAYS NOT OF WORKS LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST AND HE CONTINUE ON IN SAYING FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS UNTO GOOD WORK WHICH GOD HATH BEFORE ORDAINED THAT WE SHOULD WALK YOU SEE GOD IS TRYING TO TELL US I KNEW YOUR WORKS BOTH GOOD OR BAD BUT YET YOUR STILL SAVED GODS TRYING TO TELL US BEFORE YOU MADE THAT DECISION THAT WAS NOT OF GOD YET YOUR STILL SAVED BEFORE YOU WENT LEFT WHEN SHOULD HAVE WENT RIGHT YET YOUR STILL SAVED GOD NEW THEN HE WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE YOU AMEN BUT THERES ONE MORE THING GODS DESIRES AND WE WILL FIND IT IN GODS WORD ( HE DESIRES US TO WALK WORTHY WHEN YOU ARE CALLED AMEN CAN I PUSH IT JUST A LITTLE SOME OF US ARE CALLED AND NOT WORTHY SOME ARE WORTHY AND NOT CALLED YOU SEE THE MASTER HAS AWAY OF USING YOU WERE YOU MIGHT FILL THAT NOT the PLACE FOR YOU BUT YOU STILL STAY THAT CALLED WALKING WORTHY AND TRUSTING WHERE GOD HAS PLACED YOU ) SO IN CLOSING I ASK YOU ARE WALKING WORTHY YET TO BE SAVED OR ARE YOU DEPENDING ON GODS GRACE (REV.Patrick T.BROWN )

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Comment by v.Patrick t.Brown on July 22, 2010 at 11:52am
ARE YOU SAVED BECAUSE OF YOU OR WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN YOUR IN THIS SERMON GOD WANTS YOU TO BE ABLE TO SAY WITH STRONG CONVECTION YET I'M STILL SAVED HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW IF YOU WALK RIGHT AND GO IN HIS DIRECTION AND EVEN IF YOU FALL ON THE WAY OR TURN FROM HIM YOU CAN SAY IN THE LOUDEST VOICE YOU CAN MUSTER YET I'M STILL SAVED SO WERE EVER YOUR AT IN YOUR LIFE ON THIS DAY YOU ARE SAVED THROUGH THE BLOOD THAT HE GAVE UP FOR US YET I'M STILL SAVED GOD BLESS

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