{"id":6484,"date":"2024-08-04T06:20:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T11:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=6484"},"modified":"2024-08-04T06:20:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T11:20:27","slug":"ephesians-program-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=6484","title":{"rendered":"Ephesians (Program #3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bible_light.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>Ephesians (Program #3) &#8211; Chosen to be Holy<\/p>\n<p>Let me ask you to consider a simple question, &#8220;How has God blessed you?&#8221;  Most people when asked to recount the many blessings that they received from God would likely list things like their family or their good health or maybe success in business and earthly possessions.  Others might give a more spiritual answer like &#8216;God has blessed me with His enduring mercy or undying love&#8217;.  But the apostle Paul in his epistle to the Ephesians says very clearly that God&#8217;s blessings are all spiritual and they&#8217;re in the heavenlies and they&#8217;re in Christ.  Furthermore, when he had the opportunity to offer his blessing to God, it was not for His mercy that endures forever or for His love or grace, rather it was being the God and Father of our Lord and Jesus Christ.  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