Blogging Prompt.

It's been such a long time since I posted, and I have not been very consistent. It's always the summer. My family is like the family that always travels each summer, we just love traveling!

So Faithful Blogger asked a question as a blogging prompt. It asked: If you had to recommend only one book of the Bible for a person to read, which book would you recommend?


Now I have two different answers for that because it depends on if the person is Christian or not. 

If the person I'm recommending the book to is a Cristian, then I would definitely recommend Ephesians. I picked Ephesians because it talks about how we should live our lives as Christians which I think is extremely important. I really love that book for that reason. One of my favourite verses in Ephesians is: (NCV) I am in prison because I belong to the Lord. Therefore I urge you who have been chosen by God to live up to the life to which God called you. Always be humble, gentle, and patient, accepting each other in love.  Ephesians 4:1-2

This is the American Standard version, it's a bit different and I thought I'd add in verse 3 as well. 

Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Ephesians talks about how we should live in the light and it mentions the unity of the body.
The unity of the body is defined in Ephesians 4: 3-6.

You are joined together with peace through the Spirit, 

so make every effort to continue together in this way.

There is one body and one Spirit,

and God called you to have one hope.

There is one Lord, 

one faith,

and one baptism. 

There is one God and Father of everything.

He rules everything and is everywhere and is in everything.

It also speaks of the body in Ephesians 4:16

The whole body depends on Christ,

and all parts of the body

are joined and held together. 

Each part does its own work to make the whole body

grow and be strong with love.

If I were to recommend a book to the unsaved, I would recommend Romans.

Romans is a really good book for the unsaved because it talks about what Christ has done for us and how we are all guilty of sin. It takes the unsaved step by step to being saved. It shows how you can receive eternal life and how to be saved. It helps the reader understand why God sent his son to die for us. It's like a miniature manual for the unsaved.

Romans is divided into 5 different parts:

1. All Men are Guilty Before God (1:18-3:20).
2. God Justifies the Sinner who Believes (3:21-5:21).
3. The Believing Sinner Can Have Victory Over Sin (6:1-8:39).
4. What About the Jew (the past, present and future of Israel)? (9:1-11:36)
5. Principles of Christian Living (12:1-15:33)

http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/newtesta/ntesta5.htm

Parts 1-3, and 5 would be of so much guidance to the unsaved. 

In conclusion, I would recommend Ephesians to the saved and Romans to the unsaved.

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Highlights in Ephesians

I was looking through the book of Ephesians and i found on pg. 1288-1289 of my Bible a lot of highlights and they were really interesting so I'll share them with you.

1. Ephesians 4:1&2                                                                           Therefore I urge you who have been chosen by God to live up the life to which God called you. Always be humble, gentle, and patient, accepting each other in love.
2. Ephesians 4:17                                                                                     Do not continue living like those who do not believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing.
3. Ephesians 4:22a & 23-24                                                                   You were taught to leave your old self-to stop living the evil way you lived before... But you were taught to be made new in your hearts, to become a new person. That new person is made to be like God - made to be truly good and holy.
4. Ephesians 4:25-28                                                                             So you must stop telling lies. Tell each other the truth, because we all belong to each other in the same body. When you are angry, do not sin, and be sure to stop being angry before the end of the day. Do not give the devil a way to defeat you.
5. Ephesians 4: 29&30                                                                         When you talk, do not say harmful things, but say what people need - words that will help others become stronger. Then what you say will do good to those who listen to you.
6. Ephesians 5:2-4                                                                                Live a life of love just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice to God. But there must be no sexual sin among you, or any kind of evil greed. Those things are not right for God's holy people.
7. Ephesians 5:8-12                                                                              In the past you were full of darkness, but now you are full of light in the Lord. So live like children who belong to the light. Light brings every kind of goodness, right living, and truth. Try to learn what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the things done in the darkness, which are not worth anything. But show that they are wrong.
8. Ephesians 5:15                                                                                 So be very careful how you live. Do not live like those who are not wise, but live wisely.

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