Divine Qualities

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Divine Qualities

• "Supplement godliness with brotherly affection."

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Stressing Spiritual Commonalities

• A. Common faith

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2 Peter 11

• 1  Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus
  Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of
  equal standing with ours by the righteousness of
  our God and Savior Jesus Christ 2  May grace and
  peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of
  God and of Jesus our Lord.

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Stressing Spiritual Commonalities

• A. Common faith
• B. Common blessings

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Ephesians 13-6

• 3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
  Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with
  every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
  4  even as he chose us in him before the
  foundation of the world, that we should be holy
  and blameless before him. In love 5  he
  predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus
  Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6
   to the praise of his glorious grace, with which
  he has blessed us in the Beloved.

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Galatians 323-27

• 23  Now before faith came, we were held captive
  under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith
  would be revealed. 24  So then, the law was our
  guardian until Christ came, in order that we
  might be justified by faith. 25  But now that
  faith has come, we are no longer under a
  guardian, 26  for in Christ Jesus you are all
  sons of God, through faith. 27  For as many of
  you as were baptized into Christ have put on
  Christ.

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Galatians 328-29 41-2

• 28  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
  neither slave nor free, there is no male and
  female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29
   And if you are Christs, then you are Abrahams
  offspring, heirs according to promise.
• 1  I mean that the heir, as long as he is a
  child, is no different from a slave, though he is
  the owner of everything, 2  but he is under
  guardians and managers until the date set by his
  father.

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Galatians 43-5

• 3  In the same way we also, when we were
  children, were enslaved to the elementary
  principles of the world. 4  But when the fullness
  of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of
  woman, born under the law, 5  to redeem those who
  were under the law, so that we might receive
  adoption as sons. 6  And because you are sons,
  God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our
  hearts, crying, Abba! Father!

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Ephesians 13-6

• 3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
  Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with
  every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
  4  even as he chose us in him before the
  foundation of the world, that we should be holy
  and blameless before him. In love 5  he
  predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus
  Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6
   to the praise of his glorious grace, with which
  he has blessed us in the Beloved.

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Ephesians 17-10
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• 7  In him we have redemption through his blood,
  the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to
  the riches of his grace, 8  which he lavished
  upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9  making
  known to us the mystery of his will, according to
  his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10  as
  a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all
  things in him, things in heaven and things on
  earth.

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Ephesians 111-14
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• 11  In him we have obtained an inheritance,
  having been predestined according to the purpose
  of him who works all things according to the
  counsel of his will, 12  so that we who were the
  first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of
  his glory. 13  In him you also, when you heard
  the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation,
  and believed in him, were sealed with the
  promised Holy Spirit, 14  who is the guarantee of
  our inheritance until we acquire possession of
  it, to the praise of his glory.

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