11/2/2023 0 Comments Daily bible study barclayWhen the Sanhedrin came to a decision, that decision was given to an apostolos ( G652) to convey it to the persons whom it concerned and to see that it was carried out. In matters of religion the Sanhedrin had authority over every Jew throughout the world. The Sanhedrin was the supreme court of the Jews. (c) He meant that any power he possessed as a delegated power. He is a man with a mission, the mission of serving Christ within this world. The Christian all through life sees himself as a member of the task force of Christ. It describes a man who is sent out with some special task to do. It can be used, for instance, of a naval squadron sent out on an expedition it can be used of an ambassador sent out by his native country. The word apostolos ( G652) comes from the verb apostellein ( G649), which means to send out. (b) He meant that he was sent out by Jesus Christ. His life was not his own to do with as he liked he was the possession of Jesus Christ, and he must always live as Jesus Christ wanted him to live. When Paul said that there were three things in his mind. Paul begins his letter with the only two claim's to fame which he possessed. Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings To God's People ( Ephesians 1:1-2)ġ:1-2 This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, to God's consecrated people who live in Ephesus and who are faithful in Jesus Christ. And it was in Christ that it was determined that you, too, should become the means whereby God's glory is praised, after you had heard the word which brings the truth, the good news of your salvation that good news, in which, after you had come to believe, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit, who had been promised to you, the Spirit who is the foretaste and guarantee of all that one day we will inherit, until we enter into that complete redemption which brings complete possession. It was in Christ, in whom our portion in this scheme was also assigned to us, that it was determined, by the decision of him who controls everything according to the purpose of his will, that we, who were the first to set our hopes upon the coming of the Anointed One of God, should become the means whereby his glory should be praised. This secret was a purpose which he formed in his own mind before time began, so that the periods of time should be controlled and administered until they reached their full development, a development in which all things, in heaven and upon earth, are gathered into one in Jesus Christ. This happened because he made known to us the once hidden, but now revealed, secret of his will, for so it was his good pleasure to do. For it is in him that we have a deliverance which cost his life in him we have received the forgiveness of sins, which only the wealth of his grace could give, a grace which he gave us in abundant supply, and which conferred on us all wisdom and all sound sense. He determined in his love before time began to adopt us to himself through Jesus Christ, in the good purpose of his will, so that all might praise the glory of the generous gift which he freely gave us in the Beloved. Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.īlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings which are only to be found in heaven, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we might be holy and blameless before him. 1:1-14 This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, to God's consecrated people who live in Ephesus and who are faithful in Jesus Christ.
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