Ephesians; Revision. Teachings and the doctrines of God, through the Epistle.

I am a retired pastor of the Church of God (Tennessee).
My name is Isaac Livingston. I am from Neyyoor India.

God will fight the war as in Romans 16:20. He tells us to stand still and know that he is God, as in Deuteronomy 4:32-35 and in "2 Chronicles 20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD." Praise the Lord.

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1. Church people of today are religious, Church began with godly and holy people.

When 'God the Word' became a man, 99% of the temple people hated Jesus, and in three years of his ministry, they killed him. Today's church people are the same as temple people. They will pretend to be God's people, but they will not obey anything what God tells them to do but will do their own thing. Jesus calls them children of the devil. So, most church people are ungodly, but they will put up a show as godly, but God has rejected them as evil people and calls them as hypocrites. But they call themselves as the chosen of God. But God says that they are of the devil, and they are deceived. But God chose the humble saints in churches, gives them grace, peace, and reveals them the mystery of his word. Here is a study of the entire book of Ephesians, and so it will have a lot of substance. If you are careful to listen, you may gather many spiritual treasures.

2. Predestination doctrine is of Satan, Forgiveness by Blood is to inherit heaven.

Some preachers pick up the word predestination and say that God predestinate evil people to inherit heaven, and good people to be punished in hell. This is insanity of the devil, but a lot of church people accept this as it is, or in some other form, because they love to live in sin, and hope to go to heaven, even as sinning evil person. So, they do not mind being deceived, rather than being converted to be a new spiritual creature. Next is, forgiveness of God by his blood. It is most important because it gives eternal inheritance. All other forgiveness is for such things as healing, benefits, etc. Keep obeying Jesus Christ until he cleanses our very sinning nature, so that we cannot commit sin anymore. Even then, our past sins will be on us, which God will forgive at this point, and by his shed blood. It is in Romans 3:24&25. Only this forgiveness gives us inheritance in his kingdom. Churches do not teach this. But they preach a kind of fake grace to go to heaven, for observing ceremonies and rituals in churches.

3. Grace does good works, Spirit quickens, Spirit is earnest to inherit heaven.

Every Christian knows the word grace, and they think that this grace will take them to heaven. This is deception of Satan. Bible says that if God is working in us, that is, if by grace we are saved, we will be doing good works, and it will be for proof. That is, if our works are not good and godly, grace and God, have nothing to do with us. We will see this in Ephesians 2:1-10. Christians, who claim to go to heaven by grace, but do not do good works, are liars and fakes, deceiving themselves and others. God's wrath will be upon those, who do not obey God. Quickened is that God raised us from being dead in trespasses and sins. Please note that if we are in trespasses and sins, God considers that we are dead. So, God raise us to life, by giving us the holy Spirit. For some people, as he gives the holy Spirit, God also quickens them together with Christ. "Together with Christ" does not mean that we are raised at the same time, but Jesus and we are raised in the same manner and status. And, Ephesians 1:13&14 say that it is the "holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance." So, we also have an inheritance in heaven, as join-heirs with Jesus Christ. And it says, "For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;" That is, by his death on the cross, Jesus Christ made Jews and gentiles as one people; that is, all people of the world are one group to God for eternal life. So, even now, there are no more Christians and non-Christians, but all are together as one; as Acts 10:34 says, "God is no respecter of persons:"

4. Preach to Gentiles the riches of Christ; for all to see the fellowship in God.

Ephesians 3:8 says, "... I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;" So, gentiles must also be taught about Christ. "9 says, ... the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:" So, this plan of God, that is to bring all people as one to consider them for eternal glory, was in the mind of God even before he has created the world. This verse shows another fact that 'God the Father' told 'God the Word' to create all the things, and 'God the Word' has created them. 'God the Word' is Jesus Christ, and so, Jesus Christ was the creator of the entire universe, and he created it when he was 'God the Word'. Next point is the fellowship of the mystery. "19 says, ... that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." That is, we will be filled with the very Person of God. It is God abiding in us. It will be a powerful and glorious status and experience that we can ever be in. It will be a unique unimaginable reality.

5. Put off former life of deceitful lusts; and Put on the new life of true holiness.

"Ephesians 4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ;" We are either good or evil people. Good people love God and obey him, so also, evil people obey another Jesus and the antichrist; but they also think that their God is true Jesus Christ. That is why the verse says that there are two ways to learn Christ. Bible says that our life will prove which God we worship. "22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." So, the true Christians will change their previous life of lust, have the holy Spirit renew their mind, be converted, and become righteous and holy people. "1 says,.. ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called," God says that we must walk worthy of our calling; but religious preachers say that we could never be worthy; so, we must depend only on the mercy and grace of God, to go heaven. This is fake humbleness, pure lie, and deception. But we must truly be humble to receive grace, and we must be merciful to others to receive mercy from God; and so, we must become worthy to receive rewards from God. God gives them freely if we deserve them; and he is not a respecter of persons. And, if we are true Spirit church, God will send us ministers like apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. It is in 4:11-13. "13 says, Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:" That is, we can grow to the level of Jesus Christ himself, with the ministry that God provides us.

6. Husband, love your wife as yourself; and Wife, reverence your husband.

Let us look at a few differences from the present-day church with the beginning church. Any church will have music and songs written by men, most of them with pure lies, false praises, false promises, and devil's teachings. They have attractive tune and music, and so, people like them. So, it became an integral part of church worship. Such things were not the worship of the beginning church. Long impressive prayers are considered holy, and it is very much needed in our churches. But it was considered as show to make long prayers; it was done by scribes, Pharisees, and hypocrites, and Jesus Christ said that they shall receive greater damnation for it. Scripture readings are considered as part of worship, but it was the work of the Scribes, who hated Jesus Christ. Now, sermons are almost as news casts with a little touch of scripture. But in the beginning, they were instructions, corrections, and advises as to how we must live a godly life. Let us see a few samples. In the beginning they advised families how to live. But now it is considered privacy and we must not talk about it. "Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body." It is God who says husband is the head, and the example he gives is as Christ is the head of the church. So, there is no room for argument and the matter is settled. "24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing." So, it is reaffirmed that wives are subject to husbands in everything. Then he turns to husbands and says, "25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;" God tells husbands not only to love their wives, but also to nourish them and make them precious for them. At the same time, God teaches a doctrinal truth about how God takes care of his Spirit church and makes her pure and perfect with no blemish in her. "28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself." Husbands must love their wives as their own body.

7. Serve our Employers in singleness of heart, as doing service to Jesus Christ.

A true Christian life is Spiritual life. But now we live in the flesh. So, we have a visible tangible flesh body, as well as, we have a Spirit body, if we are born again, or born of the spirit. God tells us to live a moderate life in the flesh, and to grow in the spirit, from being a child to be Sons of God, so that we may inherit the kingdom of God in eternity. So, the advises are given to us as commandments or as doctrines. They are in simple form, as how to live our lives. Most of our life is spent with our family and in workplace. Let us see a few advice. We just saw the advice to husbands and wives. "Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth." Here is the promise that we will live a long life on earth. So, children, obey your parents. "4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." It is an instruction to fathers; but it may be applied to mothers also. The next important time is spent in our workplaces. The basic advice here is to have a good conscience, and then we will be righteous by nature. "5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:" Here, servants refer to all employees. When we do a job, we must do it as we are doing it to the Lord. Please look at the spiritual reward for this. "8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, ..." The doctrine is that if we do an honest work in worldly life, we will receive rewards in God's kingdom. So also, employers who treat workers justly with kind heart, also get the same reward from God in heaven.

8. Put on the whole armor of God, that you stand against the wiles of the devil.

If we are in an army, and are going for war, we must wear our army gear to fight. In the war, we will defend ourselves and offend our enemies. But here, our warfare is not physical, but it is invisible and Spiritual. We defend ourselves, but do not offend as in war. God tells us in "11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." Satan fights us with his wiles. Wiles are the most devious or cunning trick to manipulate or persuade someone, to do what he wants; that is, extreme manipulation and deception. So, we must also be very wise to escape his deception. So, God is telling us to put on the whole armor of God. "14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;" So, truth of God as loin belt, and our righteousness as breastplate, are part of our armor. "15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;" That is, be prepared to preach the true gospel that Jesus Christ preached; to anybody at any time. "16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked." Shield must be taken in our hands, and we must actively protect us from the fiery darts of Satan; here shield is our faith in God. What is the fiery darts of Satan? 1 Peter 5:8-11 say that there are 2 fiery darts. First one is Satan's afflictions and persecution. Second is that he will cast doubt in our minds. So, we must have faith in God. "17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:" The two things are, salvation and sword of Spirit. Salvation is to be saved from sins and this is our helmet. The sword of Spirit is the word of God. We must know his true word and we must use them correctly. These are the whole armor of God that we must put on. Now let us look, "13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." We must take the whole armor and put them on. When we put this war gear on, this armor will protect ourselves. Then we are told just to stand, and we do not have to fight and bruise the enemy. God will fight the war as in Romans 16:20. He tells us to stand still and know that he is God, as in Deuteronomy 4:32-35 and in "2 Chronicles 20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD." Praise the Lord.

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