Tom Meyer - Ephesians

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God did the Saints, which our defenses Grace, you and peace, and God, our father in the Lord. Jesus Christ blessed, be the God, and father of our Lord, Jesus Christ. God blessed us with all spiritual blessings, in Heavenly places in Christ, according to the CEO of chosen Us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holding you. And Without Blame before him in love, having predestinate adults on to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ himself, according to the good pleasure of his will to the praise of the glory of his grace wherein. He hath made us accepted In the Beloved and then we have Redemption through his blood, the Forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace wearing here at the bounded towards us in all wisdom and Prudence. How do you make donuts? Watch The Mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which you have purpose in himself that in the dispensation of the fullness of time. He might gather together all things in Christ, evening him in whom also we have obtained an inheritance being predestined, ated, according to the purpose of him and work at all, things after the Council of his own will that we should be to the praise of his glory who first trusted in Christ and know. You also trusted after that, you heard the word of Truth, The Gospel of your salvation and who also after that you believed you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the Redemption of the glory. Wherefore, I also after I heard if you want to face in the Lord Jesus in Love on to all the saints, he thought to give. Thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers. The god of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the father of Gloria may give on to the spirit of wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of him. The eyes of your understanding be enlightened that you may know what is the hope of his calling. And one of the richest of the glory of his inheritance in the Saints and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to believe. According to the working of his mighty power, Wiki Rotting Christ, when he raised him from the dead and set him in his own right hand in the Heavenly places, far above all principality and Power hours and mites and Dominion. Every name that is named not only in this world but also and that was just to come and all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the church which is his body, the fullness of him, which fill it all in all in you. I think we can do a dead. Trespasses and sins wearing in times past you watch according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. Among whom also, we all had our conversation in times past, in the last of our flocks, fulfilling the desires of the flashing of the mind and we're by Nature the children of Wrath, even if others but God, who is rich in Mercy for his great love. We're with you. Loved us even when we were dead and send a quick enough together with Christ by grace. Are you saved? And it's raised us up together and made us sit together in the Heavenly places in Christ Jesus that in the ages to come. He might show the exceeding Riches of his grace and his kindness towards us through Christ. Jesus, for by grace are you saved, through faith? And that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works. Let any man should boast but we always workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works but you got half before ordained that we should walk in the weather for brethren.

Remember, end times fast and the Gentiles.

Uncircumcision by that, which is called the uncircumcision in the flash made by hands. At, at that time you were without Christ, being aliens in the Commonwealth of Israel. Strangers from the confidence of Promise having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ, Jesus, you who were some times are far. Off are made not by the blood of Christ for he is our peaceful us both one and a broken, down the middle. Wallop partition between us having a ballot in his flesh, the enmity, even the law of Commandments contained in ordinances, for to make himself up to one new man, so making peace and that he might reconcile both on to God, in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity, they're buying came and preach peace to you which were a far-off into them which I know I forced through him. We both have access by 1 Spirit, on to the father now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners. The household of God and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ, himself being the Chief, Cornerstone and whom all the building for the frame together into a holy Temple in the Lord and who you also a building together as a habitation of God, through the spirit for this cause iPod the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you. Gentiles if you have heard of the dispensation, the grace of God, given unto me all that by Revelation, he made known unto me the mystery. Which I wrote before in a few words whereby when you read you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ. Which another agent was not made known Unto the Sons of man, that is has now revealed until the Holy Apostles and Prophets to the spirit that the Gentiles Jimmy fellow Ayers and of the same body in the partakers of promises and Christ where I am made a minister. According to the gift of the grace of God, given unto me by working up. As power answer me, who am last. And least of All Saints with this Grace given But I should be too long. The Gentiles unsearchable Riches of Christ. It's when they call them and see what is the Fellowship of the mystery, which one the beginning of the world has been hidden God, who created All Things by Jesus Christ, to the intent that now into the principalities and powers. In The Heavenly places might be made known by the church. The manifold wisdom of God, according to his eternal purpose, purpose in Christ Jesus. Our lord in whom we have boldness and access in confidence of the face. open wear for I desire, that you say not in my tribulations for you, which is your glory For this cause I bow my knee to the father of our Lord. Jesus Christ, the father of Gloria from the whole family in heaven, and on Earth, is named that he might Grant you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with my father's spirits in the Enderman. And that Christ May dwell in Your Heart by faith. And that you being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with All Saints. What is the brats than lengths in Jackson Heights in to know the love of Christ? Which passes knowledge in that? You might be filled with all the fullness of God. Now, unto him, that is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, on to him be glory in the church by Christ. Jesus. Throughout all ages World Without End. Amen.

I therefore the prisoner of the Lord procedure that you walk worthy of your vocation. We're with you are called Call lowliness meekness long-suffering. Forbearing one, another and love endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of Peace. There is one body and one Spirit even as you are called in to help of your calling one Lord, One Faith, one baptism, one God one father, who was above all and through all and in you all

Put on to every one of us has been given Grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore, he saith when I send it up on high heel in captivity captive and gave gifts on the man. Now that he ascended, what is the fact that he also descended person to the lower parts of the earth? You got to send it as the same as medicine, get up far above all Heavens, that he might feel all things, and he gave some Apostles, some prophets, some evangelist, some pastors, and teachers for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, with an edifying of the body of Christ. To we all come in the unity of the phase, 11 hours of the Son of God unto a perfect man on to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ in that we henceforth be no more children. Who I talked with every kind of doctor by the sight of man and cunning craftiness whereby, they lie in wait to deceive. But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him, in all things which is the head even Christ from whom the whole body fitly joined in compacted together, grow up onto a holy Temple in the Lord.

This I say, therefore and testify in the Lord, but your henceforth not walking on his other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God to ignorant that is in there because of the blindness of our heart, bill being past really have given themselves over onto lasciviousness to work. All uncleanness with greediness, you have not told learn Christ, it still be that you have heard them and have been taught by him. The truth isn't Jesus. We're far off the form of conversation which is corrupt according to the deceitful us and be renewed in the spirit of your mind and that you put on the new man, which after God is created and righteousness. True Holiness, when, if I put away line, speak, every man truth with his neighbor. If we are members, one of another be angry but sin not let not the sun go down upon your wrath. You think it plays to be doable. Let him that stole steal. No more or rather let him labor. Working with his hands, but he may give to him that. I needed it. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth. About what you going to do. You define that I'm a minister Grace under the yours and grieve. Not the holy spirit of God. You are still going to the day of redemption. Then I'll bitterness and anger, and evil spaghetti, put away from you with all malice. Be kind one to another. Tender hearted. Forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake, hath forgiven you, but you there for followers of God is, do your children. Walking love is Christ. Also has loved us and I'm giving himself for an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling. Save about fornication uncleanness. Covetousness, let us not be once named among you as becoming Saints, neither filthiness nor foolish nor Justin which are not convenient, but rather giving of thanks for this, you know that no homosexual or unclean person a Covetous, man, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God, Let no man to see if you was being words for because of these things coming out there for them. We were sometimes Darkness but now your light in the Lord walks children of life for the fruit of the spirit, is it all goodness righteousness and Truth? Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord? And have no fellowship with those unfruitful works of darkness, but rather

Or it is a shame, even to speak of those things, which are done of them in secret, but all things are made by the light for what's up with that? Make manifest his light. Wherefore, he saith awake. Thou that sleepest arise from the dead in Christ shall give thee light. See them that you walk circumspectly notice. But it's wise Redeeming the time because the days are evil where 4bu not unwise but understanding what the will of the Lord is and be not drunk with wine. Wherein is excess hope you filled with the spirit. Speaking to yourself some songs and hymns and spiritual songs, singing making melody in your hearts unto the Lord and giving. Thanks always for all things unto God in the father, in the name of our Lord. Jesus Christ. And Submitting yourself. One to another.

And the fear of God wives. Submit yourself unto your husband. The song to the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife. Even as Christ is the head of the church, therefore, as the church is subject unto Christ so that their wives be to their husbands in all things. Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it, but he might sanctify and cleanse about the washing of the water. The word that he makes for such a glorious Church, landing spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish. So I meant to love their wives as themselves. He's at love with his wife, love with himself, even as the Lord, the church for we are members of his body of his Flash. Innovis bones. For this cause shall a man, leave his father and his mother and trucks leaving to his wife is a great mystery but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless that everyone of you in particular, so love his wife as himself in the wife. See that she reverence her husband children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right on it. I father and my mother which is the first commandment with a promise that it may be well with thee and thou mayest live long on the are a few fathers provoke. Not your children to RAF but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord servants. Be obedient unto them, that are your Masters according to the marsh with fear and trembling and singleness of your heart is Enterprise men Pleasers. But as Servants of the Lord doing the will of God from the heart Goodwill in service to the Lord. Not two men, knowing that whatsoever. Good thing any man, doeth It seems like he receiving the Lord, whether he be Bond or free and you Masters do the same thing on to them. For bearing threatenings knowing that your master also is in heaven and neither is there respect of persons with him. Finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against The Wiles of the devil. We wrestle not against flesh and blood. But against principalities against spiritual wickedness, take out to the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand stand there for having your loins Girt about with truth, having on the breastplate of righteousness and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace above all, take the shield of Faith wear with you show me of the quench, all the fiery darts of the wicked and take the helmet of salvation. And the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. Praying, always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching their onto with all perseverance, and supplication for All Saints in for me. The other things may be given unto me that I may open my mouth boldly to make known The Mystery of the gospel for the, which I'm an ambassador in bonds. That there and I may speak boldly as I ought to see but that you may know our Affairs and how I do I take a kiss a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will make known unto all things. I have sent unto for the same purpose at, you mean or Affairs in that he might Comfort your heart. Raise the Brotherhood and peace from God. Our father in the Lord, Jesus Christ, the Lord, Jesus Christ, bless those? Who love him and sincerity, amen.

Amen. No, I don't want that. I just want an amen, but thank you. Well.

I hope those young people didn't walk out because Paul said that no homosexual or unclean person or coverage of man, who is in a dollar, has any inheritance in the kingdom of God. But you never know. The word of God can do that. They can be very offensive to people.

We live in a dangerous time. We are living in the most dangerous time in the history of our nation since George Washington. Cross. The Potomac River, we literally are this is the most dangerous point in the history of our country since George Washington, cross. The Potomac River on multiple levels, multiple fronts. We are in a tremendous battle and a war.

But the remainder of our time, let's work through War. Chapter 6, verses, 10 through 18.

first number 10 here, he says, Finally, my brethren or another words after the greatness of the purpose of Jesus Christ. After gentiles Becoming part of God's program after the revelation. This thing that's coming called The Church. After these Civic duties in these kind of daily life, kind of things that we do. After that I'm versatile. When it says, finally, finally my brethren Who, what when where, why what's going on? Who are these Brethren? Well, originally, the letter was written to the church at Ephesus by application to us today. When you think of Ephesus or the book of Ephesians, when you're reading the Bible, you want to think of it as like a San Francisco, my family lived the last 10 years, in California, close enough to San Francisco where you can smell it.

This you think about Ultra ultra-liberal? Ungodly Unholy everything that is wrong with this world center San Francisco? That's exactly what offices was. Sometimes we think because we live, 2,000 years later on the other side of the world, do you speak a different language of a different cultures, have different mannerisms, and excetera that we don't have anything in common with these people 2000, plus years ago. What the matter of the fact is, we have much much more in common than we do not have in common with them. This group of people right here in Ephesus guys. They live. Only in a city like San Francisco. Where is you live? Close to Charlottesville? But it also says it was the home of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Artemis are Diana and other words. The church is in the shadows of this monstrosity, of the ultra but keep it G-rated ultraviolet. Religion of Diana Worship in the epicenter of. It wasn't a fight, it is a real fight for the parents, and the grandparents, and the kids, and the grandkids to make it. Cuz they're just getting devoured. Everywhere they go.

So prepare for war, what does he say? My brother and be strong. Be strong. And what he says, those three words and the Lord, for he X give or take any fusions. He says those three words in the Lord, so being locked in, like Lego blocks lock together. One after another, that is your standing, that is your position in Christ. That's the only way you or your kids or your grandkids are going to make it through this world. My brother did not make it. My brother grew up going to church just like you my brother at 37 is dead. Deadly cocktail of pills girls. Smart legionnaires pneumonia all at the same time. Kill them.

This can happen to you or your kids or your grandkids maybe not to that degree, but you can be offended by God's word and not like hearing that homosexuals. Do not have an inheritance in the kingdom of God. What you just read

And you can you can just flat-out rejected the authority of God's word, rejecting the authority of God's word, whether it's a little or a lot of still rejecting God. Dangerous. So you have to be in him locked into him. What else? And in the power of His might, what's that all about the power of His might? Bakon chapter 1. He gives us a brief little hint at the power that we have is Believers. He says in verse 17 or 18 the eyes of your I'll get there being enlightened that you may know what is the hope of your calling and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the Saints. And here you go. Here's the line. And what is that feeding greatness of his power to us, who believe go on. What is that power? That's in me according to the working of his mighty power. When she got Rotting Christ, when he raised him from the dead. The same power that raised Christ from the dead 7 days. From now, that we celebrate, that's the same power to the Holy Spirit that's in you.

I compare it to having a beautiful power tool, the most expensive power tool in the world. But if you don't go over here and plug it in what good is it? What is a do? It's like a brick that does nothing. And that's how it is with us, unless you're locked in, unless you're plugged in unless you're in the Lord. You're not very productive.

Since it's a street fight out there, how am I supposed to prepare? How am I supposed to think? How am I supposed to practice with my kids and my grandkids in myself? Put on the whole armor of God. Why? That you may be able to withstand The Wiles of the devil.

Who are we fighting against out here? What's going on behind the scenes with policies? Like in California, in California, where we live, you can be 8 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, pregnant like her. Walk into an abortion clinic and have the baby destroyed. No questions asked. Legal as the day is long. That's the country. We live in, there's a war out there war for truth or for life. Warfare lights.

What's going on behind the scenes though? Not first, we wrestle. Not we fight not against flesh and blood. In other words, it's the man behind the curtain as it were pulling the strings of these people who are instituting, these policies that destroy the fabric of the family in the nation and murdered children.

It's not flesh and blood that is doing is ultimately its principalities Powers rulers of the darkness of this world was a technical terms for the hierarchy of the world. It's the prince of the power of the air. It's the devil. He's the prince of the power of the air. This is his world and many ways. I know the Earth is the world in the fullness thereof. I know that But Jesus is on the one hand, he's not here. I know I'm with you always even to the End of the Age. He's standing sitting at the right hand of the father. He's not here. That's why you have to come back a second time. So I'm the one that this is not his world on the one hand. And this is the world that you and your kids and your grandkids living, there's no getting around it. So you better be prepared, how do you be prepared for fighting against this? Unseen World. Thanks for asking next verse.

What is a number 13 or another words? As you realize, this Grim power you're up against? What do you supposed to do? Take, on to you? Those three words in English, take on two in the original language or not a suggestion. This is an absolute command from God.

It's do-or-die take on to what the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand stand.

Let me paint a picture. Would you mind coming up and helping me? Yes, you yes. Alright, so here's what the words, getting at up here.

It doesn't matter if your 7 or 107, you have the same Holy Spirit in you and that Holy Spirit In You gives you the ability gives you the power to overcome Darkness. So you stand? What does that mean? Something like that? I'll be the bad guy and of course, she's the good guy. Okay. To stand. So we're engaged in the it's like this wrestling match. Good vs Evil. It's going on in your heart and soul but because you have a holy spirit in you because you have the word of God and you You can defeat any monstrosity. I'll be the monstrosity.

I'm going to lay down throw down and then idea is for you to put your foot very gently on my chest.

Okay. And stand over in pain. Thank you, that's good. People do nothing to do.

To put your foot on to stand over in pots and victory. That's what you're that's how you're supposed to think. And that's how you're supposed to practice know, this is wrong and the reason it's wrong is God's where it says? It's wrong in there. In love course.

We don't think that way.

But we know so well for his you realize the grumpyre, you're up against a conch, you command the whole armor of God, they may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand there for. Here's what you're supposed to wear about with truth. Pause the average and some of you might know outfit of someone in the first century the socks and underwear and t-shirts is it. Where was a tunic? And it went kind of look like, I don't know, like a manly-looking Mumu or something, you know, you just put your head in and then it goes down to your ankles, are your niece. This is what everyone were all day. Every day while you cannot fight run, jump, slide through all those kind of things with a dress on so what they would do, if they would pull it up. And then you would take the dog out and wrap it together so it looks like maybe like a big sumo wrestler about you with me. Now you can run jump, kick steel fight, do all those kind of things because you have that ability. But everything that ties of together, is that belt for that girdle and that's what he quit soon as you see it, right there is the word of God, the word of God, the authority of the word of God, even if your culture doesn't like it, 40 of the word of God is what holds everything together. And if you start taking certain strands are threads out of that belt, that you don't like a Thomas Jefferson. Did certain that we were at his house yesterday for the first time ever, but you would take out sections in the Bible that you didn't like that. Nothing. Belt of Truth. What's next?

The breastplate of righteousness, a Roman soldier's breastplate would go over the remember in the movies where they were tied the girls grass in the back real tight like that. They would have the sides of the Roman soldier's breastplate. So, now from your personal to here, Brass, would someone shoot up a fiery Arrow at you or something like that? Sings, a stone Idol Inc.

That's what the righteousness of God in us. Does were able to stand up and fight and be victorious. But the problem is is that we can have pockets holes pockets of us in our breastplate and that is exactly where

The arrows are shot. I have family members who's weaknesses, who we went with drink, Members of the opposite sex before marriage in one thing leads to another. And now you have all these arrows flying at you in soon. Guess what there's room in their weight in there? They're hitting you, boom, you got a DUI. Boom, we did two DUIs. You're away at school and you're pregnant at a Christian school and you're not married.

It's because you have pockets of unrighteousness that have to be addressed and fixed immediately. Cuz it will kill you. I can destroy you. Righteousness.

Go on your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. The idea for the shoes here is kind of like soccer cleats are baseball spikes, Roman soldiers would have a certain attachment to put on when they would be in the battlefield. So you just want it slipped on the grass when it was wet, they would get real Traction in that proverbial batter's box and B. So that's the same kind of picture here. Like we are locked in your grounded in the doctor bear on the resurrection of the Living God. And that's what gives you and your kids and your grandkids who believe the ability to fight back. The Toria slay. You're not slipping and sliding by every wind of Doctrine, Etc. Then what's next after your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace above, all done, a couple more items, taking the shield of Faith, this word for faith is in Greek, scoot them. It's a 6 ft High. She'll not one of the small kind of Captain American size ones that a lot of the light kind of light footed soldiers would use infantry guys. They would just throw down their back and just go this is a big 6 ft big Skookum.

We have to ask ourselves. What are you trusting God, to do that. Only God can do. I used to ask myself that all the all the time I'd ask myself and I kind of forgot lately and it's not good. What are you trusting God? You by faith. that only God can do you do not receive because you do not

and I'm asking you do not receive because you ask Miss that, you may spend it on your pleasures. And when we do that James calls us adulterers and adulteresses

What are you asking Jesus to do that? Only God can do that. The face that you take the helmet of salvation, the most precious member of your body, your head. The armor that went on, that was equal to the preciousness of the doctrine on salvation, you could lose a hand, you can lose a foot in battle or whatever, you can't lose the head. So it's equated to Salvation and we forgot sometimes the preciousness of salvation. We just hear it so much, we get so accustomed to it that we forget about it. But that's why going to a funeral is better than going to a birthday party. To the puts things into perspective, this week, puts things into perspective. And knowing that the preciousness, it all comes from what happened this Friday into Saturday and this Sunday Not everything. He's mentioned that far that we, where is soldiers of God. We forget, we're soldiers to dial there for Paul says in a different place, endure. Hardness As a good soldier of Jesus Christ, I thought it was going to be easy being a Christian. I thought, all I had to do is just sign something and then I'm done and then it's simple endure. Hardness Cuz you live in a broken corrupt society that hates God has his son's name all day everyday. Sad, but it's true.

Everything we've been wearing so far as defense has been our fight as soldiers.

Except the last one. The last piece in verse 17, they're the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. You, and your grandkids, and your kids have one offensive weapon, What is it? The sword of the spirit which is the word of God. Now it's interesting is that word for word in the original language. In the Greek that word for word is Rhema, which means a thing spoken. A thing I heard.

Let me paint a picture. When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness. What does he do? He doesn't pull out his phone and try and find the verse. He doesn't run to some synagogue and pull off a scroll and try and find the first opens his mouth and he speaks from memory what he had in his heart. As a young person. In Matthew chapter 4. And when you speak the word of the Living, God, You are speaking the Oracles of God. You're speaking of the most powerful instrument tool mechanism. However, you want to describe it under the sun and above the Sun, for that matter, the word of God. And that's what Jesus uses to fight.

That's what you have is well to fight. And sometimes, you can't walk around with this. Sometimes you can't find the verse you need. Sometimes your without this, but they have it hidden in your heart. Right there on your lips and to be able to implement that word of God, whenever it's needed is promise. It's guarantee by God's word to give you victory. Hiding God's word in your heart.

Does a few things for us. We live in a world where nobody memorizes, God's word, we live in a copy paste, Facebook, tweet file, forget, kind of world where we don't have to memorize anything and we love it. It's great to have to memorize phone numbers anymore for crying out loud.

but it says that weird, if I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against today.

What benefits come besides the word of God being a weapon to fight with when it's hidden in your heart, it informs you and your kids and your grandkids who you are. You guys are doing great, will be done in 5 minutes and informs you who you are in the light of God's word, you did not go from loser to you by a series of time and chance and over billions of years.

You're made in the image of the likeness of the Living God. You was a Believer, have boldness and access in confidence. Like you just walk right in to do what approach him in prayer. You see how to change your thinking if you think that way? and the word of God hidden in your heart, races on your phone, or on yourself and provide you with words of comfort in times of need,

Not only words of comfort for yourself when you wake up in the middle of the night or something like that, and you need to hear from God, and go to Your Heart, Take that first, ring it up and live in the light. But if I do words of comfort for others, people are broken, people are scared. You don't know what to say, you get tongue-tied, go to those verses that you put it in your heart and let the word of God. Do the work? Having the word of God hidden in your heart? Like I said before, is your weapon of choice. You can do it. You can memorize one verse a week. If you, if I give you $100 for every single, say Patrick in it, if that's what you mean. Give you a hundred dollars for every verse you. Memorize from now until the end of the year, how broke would he be? Like you and say, you know, I think I should hide those weird in my heart cuz I get this filthy lucre coming my way. But how much more precious and valuable is the word of God. We're interested in what we want to be interested in or not interested, but we don't want to be interested in my job is to present the Oracles of the Living, God to you, to challenge you, to get you to see the benefits that come from, hiding it in your heart, and then for you to take up the challenge and do one verse a week and slowly. But surely, you'll see all of the benefits. All the blessings and all the dividends that come from this ancient but All important practice. God's word is a sword. Rental. Or you have to be prepared. Amen. On the way out, there's a table and you got the door and this is a really great resource. It's brand-new, it's well done. It's about 45 minutes or so, and it gets a little bit into the weeds little technical on how, what did I learn while I lived in Jerusalem? All those years for five years, I was in Jerusalem. How do you memorize? How do you and your kids, and your grandkids, memorize? And these are available on the way out. Like Pastor mention involved were missionaries. We come here by faith. We drive here. 700 miles round trip, without charging a penny, just come by faith. and so if you've been blessed by what we do and you can help us, I'll be a tremendous blessing when 16 days from now 16 days from now I need one of those gold coins that a Jesus needed. In the fish to pay taxes.

That's written his offerings going, our ministry needs x amount of dollars. I need one of those gold coins in one of those fishes and 16 days to pay unto, Caesar. What is Caesar's? Thank you so much for coming. Are you glad you came to church today? Thank you. God bless.

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