The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
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… But these are some of them that give us a picture. Look at 2 Corinthians 13, verse 14. Paul is closing things out. It says, May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship, there it is, you can circle it, that's koinonia, fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. So we share in the body of Christ, the service of Christ, and the Spirit of Christ. All of us who have placed our faith in Christ, All of us who are believers share in the Holy Spirit. We share in the Spirit of Christ. A few more. Turn to the right. Go past Galatians and Ephesians. And you'll come to Philippians chapter 1. Philippians chapter 1. Paul is introducing this letter to these believers in Philippians. Look at what he says in Philippians chapter 1 verse 4. He says, All my prayers for all of you I always pray with joy. Now here's verse 5. because of your partnership. There it is, koinonia. …
… Look at the last verse in 2 Corinthians. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Paul got the whole trinity involved in helping you live the Christian life. Grace, that's associated with Jesus. You see, through Jesus' death on the cross, Jesus removed anything and everything that could separate you from God. All the punishment for your sin has been taken away through his cross. There is therefore now no condemnation, no punishment, no anger left for those who are in Christ Jesus. That means God feels nothing towards you right now but positive, fatherly, loving emotions. He is ready to help, and he's got nothing but good intended for you. That's grace. And the love of God. That's associated with the Father. It's easy to forget that the grace Jesus purchased for us was birthed out of the love in the Father's heart. Jesus' death was not some clinical theological transaction God pulled off. …
"Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, on this wise you shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. And they shall put My name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them." Numbers 6:23-27. "The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen." 2 Corinthians 13:14. IT seemed to me that as this was the last of the Thursday evenings of the dying year and I should no more meet some of you who only come here on Thursday evenings during this year, it would be well for us to close the year as our Master closed His life on earth, with a benediction—and, oh, it will be a rich enjoyment in the year to come if, by God's Grace, we shall be able to grasp and make our very own the precious things which are here presented to the whole redeemed family of the living God! I shall begin, therefore, first of all with— I. THE AARONIC BLESSING. …