Febuary 11, 2018 DO WE GET THAT ?
Ephesians 1:3-6: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He choose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love, He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to His kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.”
When we read and begin to understand what God is saying through Paul, we may find ourselves wondering if the gospel is too good to be true. Ephesians 1 is a fantastic chapter that goes into great detail explaining just how great our salvation is. As you read this chapter, you will note a phrase that is repeated nine times in just the first thirteen verses, and the truth of this phrase is the vital key to understanding the basis of our salvation. “In Him” or “in Christ” is the key truth that unlocks and makes known all that God has for those whose trust is in Him; outside of being in Him, or being in Christ, there is nothing. One could spend endless time studying the book of Ephesians, and not exhaust the truth presented. Just to mention a few blessing that come from being in Him, we find that we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing; that we have been chosen by God; that we have been adopted into His family; that on us the grace of God has been bestowed; that His redemption and forgiveness has been ‘lavished’ on us; that we have an inheritance as His sons and daughters; and that we have been sealed in Him and given the Holy Spirit of promise. It was Paul’s prayer, verse 18, that ‘the eyes of our heart would be enlightened’ so that we could understand what all God has done on our behalf-and it does take more that human understanding-it takes God revealing it to us. The salvation of God is greater than we presently understand; it impacts every aspect of our lives; it gives a totally new view and purpose for life; it lifts us to a higher plane of living; it means that we have been joined to God; and it means that we have been made overcomers in life. As a believer, should we not know that all of the Christian life and all of the New Testament scriptures are based on the reality that we are ‘in Him’, we will not experience our salvation to the fullest. Jesus gave His life that we might be redeemed, and through the working of God, be put in Christ! Let us ask God to open our eyes even more that we may comprehend all that He has for us both now and for all eternity.
Ephesians 2:4-6: “But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus, in order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
Blessings,
Buddy
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