Jesus often endearingly pictured us as His sheep. Your primary ministry is to His sheep. 1 “Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the … [Read more…]
…according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love. Ephesians 4:16b The body of Christ is made up of brothers and sisters [brethren] of Jesus. He puts our ministry to His body in perspective of eternal life in the kingdom that is … [Read more…]
The body of Christ is the worldwide community of God’s people. We are the sheep of God’s pasture. Jesus is the shepherd who leads us out of the corral into the pasture to fellowship and minister with and to one another. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. … [Read more…]
Walking worthily of the calling with which we were called involves us in working together with one another in the unity of the Spirit. To comprehend God’s word in Ephesians 4-6, we need to understand the glory and richness of God’s grace Paul told us about that in the beginning of his letter. 3 Blessed be … [Read more…]
Walking worthily of the calling with which we were called involves us in working together with one another in the unity of the Spirit in the body of Christ. Messiah puts people into our lives to equip us “to do good works and live in them” (Eph 2:10), to build up [oikodomēn] the body of … [Read more…]
The calling, with which we were called (Ephesians 4:1) began with God’s call. For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and … [Read more…]
1I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to live in a way that is worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2demonstrating all expressions of humility, gentleness, and patience, accepting one another in love. 3Do your best to maintain the unity of the Spirit by means of the bond of … [Read more…]
For we are his workmanship, created in Messiah Yeshua for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. 1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the … [Read more…]
God your father pours His love into your heart by His Spirit. He calls you to share it with God, one another and the hurting. 1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah; 2 through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which … [Read more…]
24May Yahweh bless you and protect you; 25may Yahweh make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26may Yahweh look with favor on you and give you peace. Numbers 6 https://biblehub.com/hcsb/numbers/6.htm The tribe of Aaron were assigned by God to be the priesthood of Israel and to put that blessing on them. … [Read more…]