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NASB | Ephesians 1:3 ¶ 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, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 1:3 ¶ Blessed and worthy of praise be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ, |
Subject: What of Re. 3:12 |
Bible Note: John 8: 13- 19 say: Hence the Pharisees said to him: "You bear witness about YOURSELF; your witness is not true." In answer Jesus said to them: "Even if I do BEAR WITNESS ABOUT MYSELF, MY WITNESS IS TRUE, BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE I CAME FROM AND WHERE I AM GOING. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW WHERE I CAME FROM AND WHERE I AM GOING. You judge ACCORDING TO THE FLESH; I do not judge any man at all. And if I do judge, my judgment is TRUTHFUL, BECAUSE I AM NOT ALONE, BUT THE Father who SENT ME IS WITH ME. Also, in your own Law it is written, 'THE WITNESS of TWO MEN IS TRUE.' I AM ONE THAT BEARS WITNESS ABOUT MYSELF, AND THE Father WHO SENT ME BEARS WITNESS ABOUT ME." 8: 42 reads: Jesus said to them: "If God were your Father, you would love me, FOR FROM God I CAME FORTH AND AM HERE. NEITHER HAVE I COME OF MY OWN INITIATIVE AT ALL, BUT THAT One SENT me forth. Verse 47 reads: "He that is FROM God LISTENS TO THE SAYINGS of God. This is why you do not listen, because you are not from God." John 8: 44 reads: You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. That one was a MANSLAYER WHEN HE BEGAN, and he did not stand fast in the TRUTH, because truth is not in him. WHEN HE SPEAKS THE LIE, HE SPEAKS ACCORDING TO HIS OWN DISPOSITION, because he IS A LIAR and the FATHER OF [THE LIE]. TRUTH, then, is FROM God Almighty, as related by INSPIRED men and women, and recorded in the Holy Scriptures [Bible] for OUR BENEFIT, whilst ANYTHING that is NOT IN AGREEMENT with the Bible, ORIGINATES from Satan, the Devil. 2 Peter 1: 19 to 21, read: Consequently we have the prophetic word [made] more sure, and you are doing well in PAYING ATTENTION to it as to a LAMP SHINING in a DARK place, until day dawns and a daystar rises, in your HEARTS. For you know this first, that NO PROPHECY of Scripture springs from any PRIVATE INTERPRETATION. For prophecy was at NO TIME brought by man's WILL, BUT men spoke from God as they were BORNE ALONG by holy spirit. At John 17: 15 to 24, we SEE Jesus, Christ [anointed One], requested that God Almighty WATCH OVER his disciples because of the WICKED one. He showed that they were NO PART of the world [ no allegiance to ANY man-made government or body]. Verse 17 says: Sanctify them by MEANS of the TRUTH, your word is TRUTH. Verse 18 refers to the assignment of MINISTERING to those who will LISTEN. The Scriptures go on to show that the WORLD would BELIEVE, BECAUSE of the UNITY of TRUE WORSHIPPERS, that is, TRUE TEACHINGS of God Almighty, Jehovah. John 17: 26 reads: And I have MADE YOUR NAME KNOWN to them and WILL MAKE it KNOWN in order that the LOVE with which you LOVED me MAY BE IN THEM and I in union with them. Verse 24 shows that Jesus was LOVED by his Father, Jehovah, before the EARTH was FORMED. Compare Proverbs 8: 22-30. |