tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9906564370194969632024-03-07T23:21:02.402-08:00Peculiar People PlaceOne of the Peculiar Oneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03120747131297207974noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-990656437019496963.post-21156394675931102252009-12-16T22:22:00.000-08:002009-12-16T22:24:10.337-08:00Public Service Announcement: AIDS is on the RiseSince we're posting songs, why not have an important message from some crazy minister's wife who reminds why sleeping around is bad, bad, bad ...<div><br /></div><div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iLpwyq8cVdc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iLpwyq8cVdc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div>One of the Peculiar Oneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03120747131297207974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-990656437019496963.post-18585376054030102762009-12-16T22:15:00.000-08:002009-12-16T22:21:05.546-08:00No More Biscuits?!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; white-space: pre; "><div>So ... I'm really sad about this. And to add insult to injury, this performance is from a morning show in Tupelo, Mississippi.</div><div><br /></div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dYqM9-Fj0Pg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dYqM9-Fj0Pg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span>One of the Peculiar Oneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03120747131297207974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-990656437019496963.post-30084099113424140562009-11-17T23:07:00.000-08:002009-11-17T23:08:34.649-08:00I Gotta Find Peace of Mind, Lauryn Hill<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EyOhUXsGqak&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EyOhUXsGqak&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span>One of the Peculiar Oneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03120747131297207974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-990656437019496963.post-78252571124171651842009-11-17T22:55:00.000-08:002009-11-17T23:07:19.183-08:00Being Reflections of God<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ephesians 5:1-21, Holman Christian Standard Bible</span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Therefore be imitators of God, as dearly loved children. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And course any foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For know and recognize this: no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for because of these things God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">7</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Therefore, do not become their partners. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">8</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light—</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">9</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">for the fruit of the light results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth—</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">10</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">discerning what is pleasing to the Lord. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">11</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead, expose them. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">12</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For it is shameful even to mention what is done in secret. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">13</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Everything exposed by the light is made clear, </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">14</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is sad: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you.</span></span></p> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">15</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise—</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">16</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">making the most of the time, because the days are evil. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">17</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">18</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled with the Spirit</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Points of pontification:</span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What things about you don't reflect God's character?</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If imitating God is an overwhelming thought, what can be done to make it less intimidating?</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">God doesn't ask us to be sexually pure because he wants to keep us from enjoying life, but rather because he <i>wants</i> us to enjoy it.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When one becomes obsessed (and go after them greedily) with their vices, the vice has become an idol.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When you accept the salvation Christ offers, you are sealed by the spirit (Ephesians 1:13) but we are also told to be filled with him. This indicates a repetitive action.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">While people, depending on their backgrounds, have differing opinions about Christians and alcohol, one thing is clear: scripture advocates sobriety. When filled (or drunk) with wine you're left out of control; when filled with the spirit leaves you in control. Alcohol is not the only thing that can intoxicate us.</span></span></li></ul></div>One of the Peculiar Oneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03120747131297207974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-990656437019496963.post-31166359269276092742009-11-17T22:46:00.000-08:002009-11-17T22:47:57.676-08:00Didn't Cha Know, Erykah Badu<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RyRcSnhoQdw&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RyRcSnhoQdw&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span>One of the Peculiar Oneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03120747131297207974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-990656437019496963.post-6672439049246043192009-11-17T22:27:00.000-08:002009-11-17T22:50:16.253-08:00Out with the Old and in with the New<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ephesians 4:17-32, Christian Holman Bible</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">17</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">18</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;</span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">19</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">20</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But you did not learn Christ in this way, </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">21</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">if indeed you</span></span></span><sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">22</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">23</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">24</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.</span></span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">25</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another. </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">26</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger, </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">27</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and do not give the devil an opportunity. </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">28</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need. </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">29</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">30</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were</span></span></span><sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">sealed for the day of redemption. </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">31</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">32</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.</span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Points of pontification:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Change can be difficult, even you've determined to do it.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For background about Paul's issues with the noted Gentiles of v. 18, see Romans 1:18-32.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Going along with the crowd can be dangerous. The Message translations says, "I insist that there be no going along with the crowd, the empty-headed, mindless crowd." </span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How can you lay aside the old self to put on the new self. </span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Your mind dictates your actions. (Proverbs 29:18)</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anger is a surface emotion. Even when it is justified, don't let it take root or nurture it. When not addressed, anger morphs into other emotions like bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness and. At this point, Satan has inevitably already begun to exploit our feelings.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Christians' words out to edify, be appropriate and bring grace. </span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We are to forgive quickly and completely, as Christ has forgiven us.</span></span></li></ul><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->One of the Peculiar Oneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03120747131297207974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-990656437019496963.post-8000546655786994972009-11-17T22:19:00.000-08:002009-11-17T22:51:21.469-08:00We're Gonna Make It, Damian Marley<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Don't you hate when people don't have real videos? Anyway, this is the song that accompanied the bible lesson for the week. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What parallels, if any, do you draw?</span></span></div><div><br /></div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oNcGTb4lXW8&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oNcGTb4lXW8&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span>One of the Peculiar Oneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03120747131297207974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-990656437019496963.post-76646531681929495242009-11-17T08:50:00.000-08:002009-11-17T22:52:30.702-08:00Gifts are for Sharing<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:17.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ephesians 4:1-16, Holman Christian Bible</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:17.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">one hope of your calling; </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5</span></span></span></b><sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">one Lord, one faith, one baptism, </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">7</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">8</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Therefore it says, "WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN."</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">9</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">10</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might</span></span></span><sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">fill all things.)</span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 11</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as</span></span></span><sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">12</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;</span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">13</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">14</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As a result, we are</span></span></span><sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">15</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the</span></span></span><sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></sup><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">head, even Christ, </span></span></span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">16</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Things to ponder: </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Each person has a calling. What's yours? </span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Humility is an absence of pride and self-assertion based on self-knowledge and an understanding of God-given worth of others; gentleness is consideration and kindness--it implies firmness and simultaneous tenderness; patience is long suffering; tolerance is accepting one another, considering imperfections.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Christ gives us saving grace (a gift), but also equips us with gifts that can be used individually and as a body for a collective goal.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Truth without love is harsh; love without truth is weak. </span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->One of the Peculiar Oneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03120747131297207974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-990656437019496963.post-78751390637612557742009-11-16T08:52:00.000-08:002009-11-17T22:54:28.937-08:00Starting at the Very Beginning (Sort of)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A typical Tuesday evening with Peculiar People begins with a song one might not expect to hear at a bible study. When available, along with the weekly postings of the text covered during the discussion a video of the song used will also be posted. The group is currently studying the book of Ephesians. </span></span>One of the Peculiar Oneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03120747131297207974noreply@blogger.com0