{"id":2644,"date":"2014-08-14T10:31:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T15:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2014-08-14T10:31:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T15:31:38","slug":"ephesians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/?p=2644","title":{"rendered":"Ephesians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ephesians.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2645\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ephesians.jpg?resize=314%2C235\" alt=\"Ephesians\" width=\"314\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ephesians.jpg?w=314&amp;ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ephesians.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are reading in Ephesians\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_122374121\">this <\/span>morning.\u00a0 What an awesome letter under the inspiration of God from Paul to this Church.\u00a0 There are so many truths for us to celebrate in these six chapters.<\/p>\n<p>Verse 3 -We see God has\u00a0<strong>blessed us<\/strong>\u00a0with all spiritual blessings.\u00a0 All we need spiritually belongs to us through the work of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Verse 4 -We see God\u00a0<strong>has chosen us<\/strong>\u00a0before the foundation of the world.\u00a0 You are picked by God to be holy and blameless in His love.<\/p>\n<p>Verse 5 -We see God has\u00a0<strong>predestined us to be adopted<\/strong>\u00a0by Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Verse 6 -We see God\u00a0<strong>made us acceptable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Verses 7 and 8 -God made His\u00a0<strong>grace abound towards us<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Verse 9 -God\u00a0<strong>makes known to us<\/strong>\u00a0the mysteries of His wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>We are part of the redemption story! God has purposed in you and me to do an awesome work of His grace.\u00a0 In that work we are called to do amazing achievements for the praise and glory of God.\u00a0 Without US being saved, there is no purpose for the cross.\u00a0 You and I through the shed blood of Christ are agents of God on mission for God.\u00a0 The gospel is Jesus\u2019 Death, His burial and His resurrection.\u00a0 However, the gospel is good news to us.\u00a0 US, BEING SAVED is why the gospel is good news!\u00a0 Celebrate what Christ has done on your behalf today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2644"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions\/2647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}