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In the name of the glorious 
Trinity, Father and Son and Holy

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Spirit forever. 
Amen. 

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Glory be to the everlasting 
mercies which sent you to us, O 

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Christ, the light of the world 
and the life of all. 

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Give us wisdom. 
By your law and enlighten our 

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impulses. 
By your knowledge. 

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Sanctify our souls by your 
truth, and grant that we may be 

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obedient to your words and may 
fulfill your commandments at 

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every hour. 
O you who? 

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Enlightens the rationale with 
the knowledge of your greatness.

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Do enlight, O, my Lord, our 
thoughts that we may meditate 

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upon your holy and divine 
scriptures at all times, O. 

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Lord of all. 
Father and Son and Holy Spirit. 

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Forever. 
Amen. 

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Two points that are so 
emphasized and stressed by my 

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Protestant friends when speaking
about salvation are by grace and

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faith alone and now obviously 
quoting or perhaps misquoting 

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Ephesians. 
St. 

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Paul's Letter to the Ephesians, 
chapter 2 verses 8 to 9 which 

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reads for it is by his grace 
that we have been saved through 

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faith, and this faith was not 
from you, but it is the gift of 

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God, not of works, lest anyone 
should boast. 

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Now face value those two points.
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But here some some say that it's
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rather grace. 
Because faith is a self labour 

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accomplished myself. 
Well OK, but I ask how can faith

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have saved the Ephesians, the 
church in Ephesians, unless God 

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had willed to accept them by 
means of that faith. 

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So you see it's a work between 
God and men. 

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And yes it all goes back to God.
Faith, Grace, and even deeds. 

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Why? 
Because if Christ had not come 

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and called the Ephesians and the
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they would certainly have heard,
wouldn't have heard him and they

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wouldn't have obeyed him. 
They wouldn't have obeyed the 

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calling. 
Hence St. 

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Paul writes in Romans chapter 
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believe in him of whom they have
not heard so? 

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Even faith is from God because 
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faith, one true faith in God, in
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One thing though, let's go back 
to the verse and not sure if you

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notice that the word alone does 
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So is it being added in these 
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To emphasize the emphasis and 
make a point, let me read it 

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again, For it is by His grace 
that we have been saved through 

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faith, and this faith was not 
from you, but is the gift of God

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through Jesus Christ, not of 
works. 

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Lest anyone should be boast the 
word, let's play Sola Scriptura.

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The word alone does not appear 
in the in the in the verse 

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likewise just believe, just 
believe and accept Jesus Christ 

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in your heart and you will be 
saved. 

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And again quoting or misquoting 
maybe Romans chapter 10 verses 9

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to 10 which reads If any of you 
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Lord Jesus and you will believe 
in your heart that God has 

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raised him from the dead, you 
shall have life. 

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The word just or accept don't 
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Once again, as I said, no word 
they've been added. 

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Now when you add to the Holy 
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God, can you be held in contempt
of Deuteronomy According to 

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chapter 12 verse 32 which reads 
And God commands every word that

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I command to you, keep it and do
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you shall not subtract from it. 
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do not add to his words lest he 
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liar. 
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let's take a look at Ephesians 
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Notice I said Ephesians chapter 
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9:00 because there are 22 verses
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come to a conclusion on 
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those two on one verse. 
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2 and examine and see what it's 
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What is it talking about? 
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not just one mere verse to come 
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salvation. 
What about the rest of the 21 

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verses? 
What do we do with those or 19 

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or 20 verses? 
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little info on the church in 
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Ephesus was a a coastal city in 
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the church was comprised of both
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Note the word former that can be
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Gentiles still guilty, still 
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according to the law, corrupted 
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So what Saint Paul is doing to 
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in Ephesians chapter 2? 
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before our Lord and our Savior 
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three. 
And we're going to break these 

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He brings them to where they are
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Anodon Dom Anodomini which means
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that's until verse 9. 
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still 13 verses we need to 
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and true understanding of the 
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salvation. 
Yes, let's break it down and 

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when we do break it down, this 
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The Ephesians, Jews and Gentiles
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in trespasses and sins by choice
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God created everything good. 
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Jews had the breath of life. 
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their hearts so their nature was
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So by choice they were dead in 
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Pay attention. 
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them to being saved. 
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Dead in trespasses and sins? 
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course of the world, Verse 2. 
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the Prince of the power of the 
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collaborator, the power of the 
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That's what they were following.
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spirit at work in them as 
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So the passions of their flesh, 
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saying we all once lived in this
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In this predicament they were 
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body and the mind is all in 
verse 2. 

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By nature they were children of 
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Now by nature, not that God 
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No is that by their free will 
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God. 
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wrath. 
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brought on to themselves the 
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So that's verses 123. 
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talking about the richness of 
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So they were in that dilemma. 
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They were in the fallen, 
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fallen away from from grace, 
from the presence of God, from 

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the relationship of God. 
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that now what God has done to 
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God did not desire them to 
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Verse 5 They were made alive 
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Through Christ. 
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anew. 
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newness of form in their 
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Because they had baptized. 
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that they were saved by grace. 
This all that happened prior BC 

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before Christ. 
This was all you're doing. 

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And yet God still showed his 
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God redeemed you through Jesus 
Christ not because you were 

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worthy because of your deeds. 
Don't you dare boast because 

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your deeds were evil. 
God renewed you by His grace. 

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God raised you from the dead by 
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God renewed you in baptism. 
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Romans 6 verses four to five. 
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baptism into death. 
For as Jesus the Messiah arose 

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from among the dead in the glory
of his Father, in this way also 

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we shall walk in a new life. 
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one with him in the likeness of 
his death in baptism, in this 

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way also we shall be in his 
resurrection. 

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Don't even boast about the faith
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Because if Jesus had not came 
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Him and there would have been no
faith and we would still be in 

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that same predicament of the 
punishment of the law, Oh holy 

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sacrament, Baptism, the mystery 
of Baptism, how you are 

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downplayed, how you are 
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You know people think baptism is
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Mighty brother, mighty sister, 
you're being put to death. 

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You are taking part in Christ's 
death and resurrection for 

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baptism. 
It's not just a mere symbol. 

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And this again not because of 
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Again. 
They were dead in trespasses and

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sins, walking in sin, following 
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following the Prince of the 
power of the air. 

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But beloved, when Paul claims 
rightly and rejoices them by the

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truth that they were saved from 
their past, this does by no 

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means mean that it has been 
wrapped up in a little leat, 

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little neat package, as they 
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That's it. 
There is nothing else you need 

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to do. 
You can, you can continue 

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sinning. 
You can live a life according to

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what you desire. 
Because you have been saved by 

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grace. 
Grace. 

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You know, Saint Paul writes to 
Jude that those who used grace 

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as a license of sin, he's 
talking about those people who 

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today are claiming that I've 
been saved by grace because 

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Saint Paul is quoting this or 
he's teaching us this in 

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Ephesians chapter 2, verse nine.
Well, we just talked about what 

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Saint Paul is talking about. 
For those who emphasize this 

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cliche, this point that I have 
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Deeds have got nothing to do. 
There is nothing else we need to

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do. 
Well, be prepared. 

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Stop, stop everything. 
Stop everything. 

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One of my sisters messaged me 
and said, Ravi, send me a 

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picture of her laying back and 
saying I stopped ironing. 

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I think it was or that I stopped
washing the dishes. 

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Yes, stop. 
Because now there's going to be 

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a bubble burst, there's going to
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There's going to be an 
awakening. 

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Polite, loving, caring, gentle 
and certainly a correcting drum 

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roll, drum roll, drum roll. 
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today who have received 
salvation and have received new 

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life in Christ, and we are 
living in Christ, as Saint Paul 

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states in Romans chapter 8. 
Therefore there is no fault for 

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those who are in Christ, and 
some versions have stopped at 

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that point, but no the true 
version. 

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Because you know what? 
You know some of these Bible 

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versions, you know that those 
authors have have have also 

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implemented their theology into 
the translation. 

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And woe, woe, woe to those 
people. 

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Woe. 
For there is no fault. 

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For those who are in Christ yet 
not live according to the flesh,

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there is no fault but not living
according to the flesh. 

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Do not for one minute dare to 
claim for yourself that you are 

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worthy of what Christ has done 
to you and you now do not have 

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to continue or do anything else 
because it is by grace. 

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Don't kick back and don't be 
laxed. 

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And don't claim victory yet, 
beloved. 

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Fight the good fight. 
We need to continue. 

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You know it's not a hook, line 
and sinker victory. 

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No, no. 
There's still got to be a fish. 

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You have the hook, you have the 
line, You have the sinker. 

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We need to continue to fish. 
And here is the busting of the 

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bubble. 
Here is the raining on the 

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parade. 
Read verse 10. 

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Please read it with me. 
If you have your bibles opened, 

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he's telling the Ephesians from 
the past, from the BC you have 

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been saved from that now. 
The punishments, the punishment 

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has been paid, the debt has been
paid, The sacrificial lamb has 

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been slained. 
The only sacrificial lamb that 

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appeased God, which is Jesus 
Christ has been slained. 

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That past is gone. 
That past has been put. 

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It's a history now, but going on
verse 10, Are you ready? 

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Are you equipped? 
Here we go, For we are His 

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creation, God's creation. 
Praise and glory be to His name,

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who are created in Jesus the 
Messiah, Jesus Christ for good 

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works. 
Let me repeat it for good works 

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which God has before prepared 
for us to walk in. 

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There was good, There was 
goodness, God had prepared. 

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But we dropped the ball and 
we're going to talk about this 

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next episode. 
Why is it that before this 

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verse, Paul is saying don't 
boast about your deeds, Your 

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deeds did nothing for you apart 
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But here he's telling us don't 
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So which one is it? 
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week or next program, next 
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So we are created for good 
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beloved. 
But now after being saved from 

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the past and remaining in faith 
in the new life that we have 

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received through baptism through
Jesus Christ, we are also called

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to doing good deeds. 
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this next episode. 
Always keep in mind faith alone.

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According to James chapter 2 
verses 14 to 16 is dead. 

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Faith alone is dead. 
There was nothing we had to do 

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to receive Jesus Christ. 
We did not ask for the Lord to 

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send us the Saviour while we 
were sinners. 

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Jesus died for us. 
Amen. 

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And praise be to his name. 
He's resurrected now. 

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Al Masih come Hakkan come. 
Christ is risen. 

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Indeed He is risen. 
He's risen, but we didn't ask. 

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We weren't worthy. 
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His love and goodness and mercy 
and grace, sent His only 

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begotten Son, and did not spare 
him until the death of Christ on

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the Christ. 
And we were saved from that 

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everlasting or we were saved 
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the corruption. 
But now we have an obligation to

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the Lord and we're going to read
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Keep this equation in mind. 
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new life with Christ that we 
have all received in Holy 

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Baptism plus good works. 
No one can debate debate this 

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now. 
It's in the verse verse 10 for 

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good works. 
So faith that is living in the 

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new life with Christ plus good 
works times. 

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It's greater, a greater power, 
right? 

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Faith plus good works. 
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equals eternal life, eternal 
everlasting life with Jesus 

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Christ eternal salvation. 
Let me give you an example. 

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There is a boy that is drowning.
A boy is dying and I jump into 

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the water and rescue him from 
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boy and the boy comes back to 
life, is breathing and he's 

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saved, delivered from that 
death. 

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Now what will my suggestions be 
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Do you not know how to swim? 
No. 

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Well you need to go. 
Now is what you need to do. 

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I've saved you. 
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salvation, you need to go and 
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I would encourage the parents to
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lessons. 
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that when you come to dive into 
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you're not in the deep end. 
Make sure that it is the shallow

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end, but regardless, if you take
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can swim, then you can jump into
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But be careful where you jump 
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If the boy does not take heed to
what I have suggested, what I 

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have commanded, what I have 
request and instructed, and the 

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boy jumps one more time into the
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Will my first act of salvation 
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life? 
No, it won't. 

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The boy has to do something to 
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salvation that he has received. 
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into the water. 
It is the same. 

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Christ has has saved us once and
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the law, from the corruption, 
from the dead state of man of 

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the law. 
But then he has also instructed,

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according to the Scriptures, 
that in order to, in order to 

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remain in that relationship in 
that salvation and the benefits 

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of the salvation and the fruits 
of the salvation, I must 

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continue with good deeds one 
more time faith living in the 

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life or the new life in Christ 
plus good works times. 

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The grace of God is eternal 
salvation, eternal life. 

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And for those who debate works, 
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We're going to talk about this 
more next episode. 

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For the Son of Man is going to 
come in the glory of his Father 

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with the holy angels, and then 
he will repay each men according

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to his works deeds. 
There is a reward. 

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If these are not significant, 
not important, why are we being 

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rewarded for our deeds? 
Matthew 2523 and the master will

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say Jesus Christ. 
Well done. 

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Listen to this very carefully. 
Well done. 

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Good and faithful servant. 
You can't tell me he's talking 

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about faith. 
In both both instances. 

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Good means good faith. 
No, no faithful means you're in 

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faith. 
Well done. 

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Good and faithful servant. 
What does the servant do? 

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He serves the master. 
He does. 

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He has deeds. 
He has a service, obligation, 

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well done, good and faithful 
servant. 

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If goodness was of no avail, why
would the Lord not say, Well 

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done, faithful servant, come and
enter the bliss and the joy of 

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your Father. 
Praise and glory be to the 

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Father and to the Son and to the
Holy Spirit. 

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Now not all times and forever. 
Amen. 

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