Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his love,

let him fill your heart and will satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

whole. you home.

Welcome to the word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calbury Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the Word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues with Christ ascending on high as we pick up in Psalm chapter 68 verse 17 and now with

today's message here's pastor Chuck and to some apostles and to some prophets and to some evangelists and to some

pastor teachers for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministry,

for the building up of the body of Christ.

Until we all come into the building up of the body of Christ.

Until we all come into the unit of faith, complete man, the knowledge of the son of God,

under the measure, the stature, the fullness,

the image of Christ. And so Paul quotes this. He has ascended on

high, he led captivity captive. But to lead captivity captive, he went first of all in the lower parts of the earth to free those that were captive

you see prior to the death of Jesus Christ those Old Testament saints

could not enter into the glory of heaven.

It was necessary that their sins be put away

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