{"id":949,"date":"2024-07-14T15:08:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T14:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/?p=949"},"modified":"2024-07-14T15:08:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T14:08:57","slug":"spiritual-blessings-in-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2024\/07\/14\/spiritual-blessings-in-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Blessings In Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today\u2019s sermon was given by our reader Julie Taylor on the 14th July 2024 on the book of Ephesians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/140724_202407\" width=\"500\" height=\"60\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Download Mp3\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/140724_202407\/140724.mp3\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sermon starts at 2:55<\/p>\n\n\n\n<font color=\"red\">Ephesians 1 v 3-14\n<br><br>\nPraise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>3<\/b><\/font> Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed\nus in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>4<\/b><\/font> For he chose\nus in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.\nIn love \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>5<\/b><\/font> he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in\naccordance with his pleasure and will \u2013 \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>6<\/b><\/font> to the praise of his glorious grace,\nwhich he has freely given us in the One he loves. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>7<\/b><\/font> In him we have redemption\n through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of\nGod\u2019s grace \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>8<\/b><\/font> that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and\nunderstanding, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>9<\/b><\/font> he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his\ngood pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>10<\/b><\/font> to be put into effect when the\ntimes reach their fulfilment \u2013 to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth\nunder Christ.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>11<\/b><\/font> In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan\nof him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>12<\/b><\/font> in\norder that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the\npraise of his glory. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>13<\/b><\/font> And you also were included in Christ when you heard the\nmessage of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were\nmarked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>14<\/b><\/font> who is a deposit\nguaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God\u2019s\npossession \u2013 to the praise of his glory.\n<br><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s sermon was given by our reader Julie Taylor on the 14th July 2024 on the book of Ephesians. Download Mp3\u00a0HERE! Sermon starts at 2:55 Ephesians 1 v 3-14 Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3 Praise be to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2024\/07\/14\/spiritual-blessings-in-christ\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,10,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}