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God’s Spiritual Family
Writing to the members of God’s Churches in Ephesus, the Apostle Paul admonished
them to live their lives differently than before after having been added by God to His
Church:
Ephesians 4:22, 25 “That you put off concerning your former conduct, the
old
man
which
grows
corrupt
according to the deceitfulness lusts,
and be RENEWED by the Spirit of your
mind . . . Therefore (
having
) putting
away LYING, each one speak TRUTH
with his neighbor, for we are members
of one another.”
Members of One Another
A family in the broadest sense is that all of mankind has descended from our original
parents, Adam and Eve, at creation – the first human beings created by God (
Genesis
1:26-28
).
Israel, God’s chosen wife, having failed her intended purpose for teaching the Gentile
nations the way of peace and happiness in this present age, God has since chosen His
begotten Bride to do what she failed in doing (
Romans 11:1-8
).
God’s Master Plan calls for the ultimate salvation of all of Adam and Eve’s descendants
beyond this human life and age. And to accomplish this wonderful blessing for mankind,
God is developing and schooling His Spiritual Family chosen from among mankind to
be used in time to become teachers in aiding Jesus Christ toward that end.
God’s Spiritual Family
The Apostle Paul wrote to the Gentile Christians in Ephesus of their awesome and
wonderful calling by God the Father through Jesus Christ:
Ephesians 2:19 “Now therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners
(
sojourners
), but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the
household (
Greek: oikeios, Family
) of God.”
Ephesians 3:14-15 “. . . for this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, from whom THE WHOLE FAMILY in heaven (
Angelic
Spirit Family by virtue of their creation by God
) and earth (
human family
) is
named.”
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