Thursday, July 23, 2009

Faith In Christ Jesus Is A Gift OF God Through Holy Spirit Dwells In Our Hearts

Ephesians: Chapter 2, Verse 2-22
Verse 2-3: In which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.


Verse 4-9: But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by His grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.



Verse 10-13: For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh, at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.



Verse 14-18: For He Himself is our peace who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. And He came to preach peace to you who were far off and to those who were near. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

Verse 19-22: Now therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

1st Corinthians, Chapter 3, Verse 16-20
Do you not know that your body is the temple of God and that the Holy Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are? Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the knowledge of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness.” And again the Lord knows the thoughts of the world people that they are futile.