{"id":6951,"date":"2024-10-11T06:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=6951"},"modified":"2024-10-11T06:20:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:20:25","slug":"ephesians-program-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=6951","title":{"rendered":"Ephesians (Program #71)"},"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 #71) &#8211; Ordinances and the Church Life<\/p>\n<p>The book of Ephesians reveals that what God is after is for Christ to be wrought into His chosen  and redeemed people to produce the Church. But it also exposes many of the negative things that frustrate us form attaining to His purpose. Among these are the obvious items of sin and worldliness. But though these things surely damage the Church none are so great a problem as the not so obvious matter of ordinances.<\/p>\n<p>Ordinances expressed our own way of practicing the Christian life. And each group, each gathering of believers has its&#8217; own particular characteristics, its&#8217; way to practice, to meet and to worship. Yet these ways that we treasure and value so dearly may in fact be the factor divide us from other believers and thereby frustrate God to the uttermost and He desires to obtain His heart desire, the Church as the One New Man.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Ephesians (Program #71)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-10-11T06:20:25-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Ephesians  (Program #71) - Ordinances and the Church Life\r\n\r\nThe book of Ephesians reveals that what God is after is for Christ to be wrought into His chosen  and redeemed people to produce the Church. 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But it also exposes many of the negative things that frustrate us form attaining to His purpose. 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