Blessings, Blessings, Blessings

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

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🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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(Ephesians 1:3-14) This is our second day looking at God's "run on sentence." Why would He use this particular grammatical structure? Perhaps it's because we cannot fully describe the depths of what we have as members of the family of God. They are without end. In this single sentence, we learn of the spiritual blessings received from the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (05498211126) Join Scott Pauley's study through Scripture this year. Find resources for every book of the Bible by Dr. Pauley and Enjoying the Journey at enjoyingthejourney.org/journey-through-scripture/.Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. Explore now at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides every resource for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/

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0:00.0	The best gifts are not material but spiritual, not temporal, but eternal, and not earthly, and not earthly, but heavenly.
0:16.9	In the book of Ephesians, we discover a rich list of what God has given to his children.
0:23.2	Let's join Scott Pauley now as we open this portion of scripture and take inventory of all spiritual blessings that are ours in Christ.
0:42.2	We return today to God's run-on sentence.
0:46.3	If you were with us in the last study, I said to you that Ephesians 1,
0:51.6	verses 3 through 14, in the language of Paul's Day, the language in which this passage was first written, is one continuous run-on sentence.
0:56.1	Grammar teachers would say, oh, we need to do something here. We need to adjust this a little
1:00.2	bit. But no, no, don't mess with God's structure. Why? Why is it important that this was all
1:06.6	connected, that it was one continuous unbroken thought? Well, for one, because it all goes together.
1:14.4	The theme is all connected. The tone is all the same. It's all about this great truth,
1:20.6	this great spiritual blessing that we've been made part of the family of God. But I've been
1:24.7	reflecting on it, just thinking on it, why would God use this, even this
1:29.2	grammatical structure?
1:30.6	He doesn't do anything by accident.
1:32.0	Why would he do that?
1:33.6	I believe he uses this one long, exhausting sentence.
1:39.9	It just goes on and on and on and on and on because you cannot fully describe the depth of what
1:48.4	we have as members of the family of God.
1:51.5	This run-on sentence reminds us that there are blessings without end, that there is no way to
1:58.9	fully describe in our language all that an infinite God has made accessible
2:05.2	to us.
2:06.6	I hope you've been reading this section of scripture because I want to point something out to you
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