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In Christ, we are accepted by God the Father!

Happy Labor Day!

What a wonderful truth! God in Christ blessed us by His grace with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places. It was He that chose us. He reached out to us. He loved us and revealed His love on the cross. It was He Who adopted us into His family. It was He that accepted us in the Beloved. He gave us this wonderful grace freely. Today, choose to walk in this joy and freedom. Allow His grace to free you from any emotional bondage and stress. You are a child of the King. That makes you a prince or princess. You are part of the Royal Priesthood so your provision and authority comes from above, not from this earth. Walk as a child of the King!

Ephesians 1:3 – 6 (NKJV) “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us  accepted in the Beloved.”

Ephesians 1:6 (ERV) “And this brings praise to God because of his wonderful grace. God gave that grace to us freely. He gave us that grace in Christ, the one he loves”

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In Christ, there is only one side!

A major problem in the Body of Christ happens to be divisions. We are divided  denominationally, philosophically, politically and even in terms of what we believe the Bible says about current issues. We identify with this church, with that movement, with this preacher, with this view, etc. This is not new. In Paul’s day, he criticized the Corinthian church. Note what he said in 1 Corinthians 3:3-4: “for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?” Many in the church had degenerated to the place where it was more important to stand with “this side” or “that side.” In Christ, there is only one side, and that is that we are one body, and that we are called to love one another and work together as His Body. Hate has no place in Christ’s body. That would be similar to cancer in a human body. Paul went on to say in verse 9: “For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.” Brethren, we are called to walk in love. This is one of the fruits of the Spirit. Reject sectarianism. Embrace the unity of the Spirit. Love the Brethren like Christ loves us. So many issues and problems would vanish if we love like that. Selah!

John 13:35 “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another”