{"id":6788,"date":"2024-09-07T06:20:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T11:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=6788"},"modified":"2024-09-07T06:20:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T11:20:36","slug":"ephesians-program-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=6788","title":{"rendered":"Ephesians  (Program #37)"},"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 #37) &#8211; The Gifts Perfecting the Saints<\/p>\n<p>There is a wonderful passage in the 68th Psalms that says : when Christ ascended to the Father after His resurrection, He took with Him an offering of all the redeemed sinners, those that had previously been held captives to sins, Satan even death. These redeemed ones were His offering to the Father<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Psalms 68:18 <em>&#8220;You have ascended on high; You have led captive those taken captive; You have received gifts among men, Even the rebellious ones also, That Jehovah God may dwell among them.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The apostle Paul quoted from this verse in Ephesians 4, but he adds to it, making clear that the Son has now given these ones back to the Body, the Church, even to mankind as gifts.\u00a0 The gifts that Christ had given to His Body that is our topic today.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Ephesians  (Program #37)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-09-07T06:20:36-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Ephesians  (Program #37) - The Gifts Perfecting the Saints\r\n\r\nThere is a wonderful passage in the 68th Psalms that says : when Christ ascended to the Father after His resurrection, He took with Him an offering of all the redeemed sinners, those that ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Ephesians\/Eph_37.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"14.9\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6369\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Ephesians\/Eph_37.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6369','http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Ephesians\/Eph_37.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Ephesians\/Eph_37.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?powerpress_pinw=6788-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Ephesians\/Eph_37.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Eph_37.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Religion--Spirituality-Podcas\/Bible-Study-Radio-p959109\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ephesians (Program #37) &#8211; The Gifts Perfecting the Saints There is a wonderful passage in the 68th Psalms that says : when Christ ascended to the Father after His resurrection, He took with Him an offering of all the redeemed sinners, those that had previously been held captives to sins, Satan even death. 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