September 30, 2025 IN HIM
Ephesians 1:13-14 “In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation-having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirt of promise, who is given us as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.”
The words ‘in Him’ are found throughout Ephesians 1. Indeed, the overriding message of the gospel, and what makes living the Christian life possible is that we are in Him. We could not over-state the impact of what it means to be in Him. When one believes the gospel and accepts Christ as Savior, he or she is sealed in Him with the the Holy Spirt of promise. And here is a point we must not miss; we are God’s own possession-we are no longer our own. Living with the conscience reality that we are His possession has a great impact on our lives. What a blessing to know that it is God who owns us! As His possessions, He will work out His purposes for us and He will conform us to the image of His Son. Even though a believer may not understand that they are God’s own possession and even though they may resist walking in the ways of God, God will in His own time and in His own ways compete His work in them. But, we should not resist God or live according to our ways, but rather work with Him as He works in us. We are abundantly blessed in the here and now as a result of our union with Christ, but yet we have an awesome inheritance reserved for us. The Holy Spirit was given to us as a pledge of the inheritance that is ours. I encourage us to read the first chapter of Ephesians and as we read, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal more to us as to what it means to be in Him.
1 Corinthians 2:9 “but just as it is written, ‘Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Ephesians 1:4-5 “I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech, and all knowledge,”
Blessings, Buddy
Ephesians 1:13-14 “In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation-having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirt of promise, who is given us as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.”
The words ‘in Him’ are found throughout Ephesians 1. Indeed, the overriding message of the gospel, and what makes living the Christian life possible is that we are in Him. We could not over-state the impact of what it means to be in Him. When one believes the gospel and accepts Christ as Savior, he or she is sealed in Him with the the Holy Spirt of promise. And here is a point we must not miss; we are God’s own possession-we are no longer our own. Living with the conscience reality that we are His possession has a great impact on our lives. What a blessing to know that it is God who owns us! As His possessions, He will work out His purposes for us and He will conform us to the image of His Son. Even though a believer may not understand that they are God’s own possession and even though they may resist walking in the ways of God, God will in His own time and in His own ways compete His work in them. But, we should not resist God or live according to our ways, but rather work with Him as He works in us. We are abundantly blessed in the here and now as a result of our union with Christ, but yet we have an awesome inheritance reserved for us. The Holy Spirit was given to us as a pledge of the inheritance that is ours. I encourage us to read the first chapter of Ephesians and as we read, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal more to us as to what it means to be in Him.
1 Corinthians 2:9 “but just as it is written, ‘Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Ephesians 1:4-5 “I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech, and all knowledge,”
Blessings, Buddy
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