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Studying Ephesians in the SSnet.org series Lesson 5, may the Holy Spirit be the speaker to your heart.

The Topic today is: “Ephesians and barrier breaking for Morning Manna of the Sabbath School Lesson Ephesians”.

The Opening Hymn will be 229 "Spirit of the Living God."

The Sabbath School Quarterly, downloadable from SSnet.org in the Teacher's Edition is on page 35-36.

The SSnet.org site allows anyone, anywhere to read the lesson in their own language. Choose your own language to see God speaking also to your heart.

Why do you not click on this now?

 https://www.adultbiblestudyguide.org/pdf.php?file=2023:3Q:SE:PDFs:EAQ323_05.pdf

---Or try in alternative this one:  https://ssnet.org/lessons/23c/less02.html

---Yes, Judaism in Inter-testamental times and later also went overboard with rules regarding the staying away of the heathen from the temple where the Holy God is.

---It is in essence the rule: Do not bring Satan close to God. Cannot.

---We have that rule in our Church Manual. Only people baptized can vote.

---The Baptized and the unbaptized, separation, barrier, wall. Is it wrong? No.

---But walking in the street meeting a heathen and then to walk on the other side of the road avoiding any contact or communication, is wrong.

---That is what Judaism of the first century did. Take the Samaritans as an example.

---Paul was a preacher to Gentiles in the Greek, Roman and other world and surroundings.

---James was a preacher to Jews in the Jewish, Greek, Roman and other world in Jerusalem and surroundings.

---Many Gentiles would come to church and the Jewish converts would require all kinds of rules and regulations to be kept. Peter and Paul had a problem on this between themselves. It is in Acts.

---Paul would say to them: By faith are you saved and not by works. (Ephesians 2:8)

---God then revealed to Peter his error in Acts 10 and it was solved in his mind.

---Many Jews who were liberal and secular in Jerusalem would join the Christian church and say wow what a nice religion that you do not have all these works to do.

---James would say to them: Do you see that we are not only saved by faith but also by works [of the ten commandments]? (James 2:24).

---When Martin Luther came to these two verses in the New Testament, he said that James is a “letter of straw”. He rejected James idea.

---Luther offered his doctoral degree to anyone who could solve this contrast between the two texts.

---Contrast? No. Two sides of one coin. Not an oil-painting with only one side.

---The strong avoidance rules of the Jews of that time, like the Samaritans, Jesus and Paul showed and said that Christ broke down the separation wall between them. If they seek faith.

---There is still a requirement that one [believer] should not sit in the circle of the evil (Psalm 1:1-2). Still the requirement not to pull in the same yoke with the unbeliever. Not to marry an unbeliever.

---There is thus for believers a balancing act that we have here.

---Have you made a mistake to marry an unbeliever? Just come as you are. Give you troubles and yokes to Jesus. Renovation will start immediately. And troubles but that will not be troubles you caused. Satan will cause them. But the Holy Spirit and Christ and the Angels are on your side.

---How many? How strong? How effective? Two thirds are angels of God and one third are angels of Satan. Who is more?

---God is Creator. Satan is creature. Who is winner?

---Come immediately to safety. When. Now.