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And just meditating on this one verse and what it says about us as the church think about

this in him. So that's talking about in Christ, which leads to everything that

Paul has written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in Ephesians 1 and 2 up to this point.

He's talked about how we are chosen in Christ Ephesians 1,

for before the foundation of the world and love predestined for adoption as children through

Jesus. In Jesus, we have redemption through his blood. We have forgiveness. We have the riches

of his grace in him. We've obtained an inheritance. We've been predestined according to the

purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will. We have hope in Christ.

I can keep going on. So this is what it means to be in him. Just think about your life today.

As a follower of Jesus, you are in Christ and Christ is in you. You have union with Jesus

himself. This is your identity and regulations 220. I don't longer live. It's Christ who lives in

me. So in him, you also are being built together. So we're part of a body that's being built up.

The importance of the local church. If you're not a committed member of a local church,

change that a sap being built up together. This is what God's design is for every one of us as

followers of Jesus in Christ to be built up in the body of Christ into a dwelling place for God.

Oh, what a phrase. A place where God dwells in our midst. That's the church. This is a house

for the Lord, not talking about a physical building, but this people that make up a church are a

dwelling place for God by his spirit, his spirit dwelling among us. Oh, the wonder of how God has

taken you and me from our rebellion and sin like we deserve to be in hell right now.

And instead, we're in Christ Christ in us a part of a church being built together as a

dwelling place for God by his spirit. Oh, God, we want to experience the fullness of Ephesians

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