{"id":6791,"date":"2024-09-08T06:20:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T11:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=6791"},"modified":"2024-09-08T06:20:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T11:20:54","slug":"ephesians-program-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=6791","title":{"rendered":"Ephesians  (Program #38)"},"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 #38) &#8211; The Way to be Perfected<\/p>\n<p>When Christ ascended to the heaven after His resurrection, He brought with Him a train of former captives and presented them to God the Father. Then receiving them back from the Father, He gives them again, this time to His Body, the Church as specific gifts for them to do a particular work.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Ephesians 4:8 &#8220;&#8230; <em>Having ascended to the height, He led captive those taken captive and gave gifts to men<\/em>.&#8217;\u00a0 verse 11 &#8220;<em>And He Himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as shepherds and teachers.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As we look at the gifts given to men and their proper function according to Ephesians 4.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Ephesians  (Program #38)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-09-08T06:20:54-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Ephesians  (Program #38) - The Way to be Perfected\r\n\r\nWhen Christ ascended to the heaven after His resurrection, He brought with Him a train of former captives and presented them to God the Father. 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