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And now unleashing God's truth, one verse at a time.

Here is Grace to you Bible teacher, John MacArthur.

Now, I know it's Christmas season, but next Sunday is actually Christmas Day, so I have saved a Christmas message for next Sunday.

And we'll take a look at the birth of Christ in the scripture next week.

But today I want to go back to our series in Ephesians.

And it's a very significant day, kind of a monumental day, because this will be the last message.

I had an objective to try to finish Ephesians before the end of the year, and in order to

do that, I need to take you to that sixth chapter one more time this morning.

Paul closes this epistle with final words starting in verse 18, Ephesians 618

through verse 24.

With all prayer and petition, pray at all times, in the spirit, and with this in view,

be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints.

And pray on my behalf that utterance may be given to me in the opening

of my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel for which I am an ambassador

in chains that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak. But that you also may know about my circumstances

how I'm doing. Tichikus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make

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