February 18, 2025 IN HIM
From Ephesians 1.
It is of great significance that in the first few verses of the first chapter of Ephesians, we find the words ‘In Him’ and ‘In Christ’ several times. We may often here about ‘being in Christ,’ but the importance of that truth and the implications of that truth cannot be over-stated. Before the death and resurrection of Jesus, no one was ‘in Christ.’ In the workings of God through the death and resurrection of Jesus, believers are put in Christ-and Christ is put in them. Everything about the Christian life centers around this union of Christ and those who believe in Him. To be in Him is huge-to say the least. In this passage of scripture, we discover some of the benefits and blessings of being in Christ. First, we have ‘been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.’ ‘He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world,’ ‘to be holy and blameless.’ In Him ‘we have redemption through His blood’ and the ’forgiveness of our trespasses’ ‘which He lavished upon us.’ He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His kind intentions.’ In Him, we have been ‘been sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise.’ Our being in Christ separates or distinguishes us from those who do not know Him. Being in Christ is a super-nature work of God. Once we come to know and embrace this truth, our life is radically transformed. No longer are we mere humans; we now have the Spirit of the Creator God dwelling in us who empowers us, equips us and enables us to live as sons and daughters of God, reflecting the very nature of God. Being in Christ takes us out of what the world calls normal. Does all this mean we will have no trials and troubles-not at all. Just as Christ experienced trials and overcame them, we can do the same because He is in us living His life through us. This all has to do with us knowing our true identity in Christ. To learn of our God given identity, we must give ourselves to God’s word and we must meditate on and digest the truths we learn in His word. God can, but He does not normally ‘zap’ us with the truth of His word-we must seek to know the truth. So, let us not be guilty of living a ‘ho-hum’ life of mediocrity, struggling with and being overcome and defeated by the trials we face. God has made provision for us, and it is found IN HIM.
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 up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus,”
Blessings, Buddy
From Ephesians 1.
It is of great significance that in the first few verses of the first chapter of Ephesians, we find the words ‘In Him’ and ‘In Christ’ several times. We may often here about ‘being in Christ,’ but the importance of that truth and the implications of that truth cannot be over-stated. Before the death and resurrection of Jesus, no one was ‘in Christ.’ In the workings of God through the death and resurrection of Jesus, believers are put in Christ-and Christ is put in them. Everything about the Christian life centers around this union of Christ and those who believe in Him. To be in Him is huge-to say the least. In this passage of scripture, we discover some of the benefits and blessings of being in Christ. First, we have ‘been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.’ ‘He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world,’ ‘to be holy and blameless.’ In Him ‘we have redemption through His blood’ and the ’forgiveness of our trespasses’ ‘which He lavished upon us.’ He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His kind intentions.’ In Him, we have been ‘been sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise.’ Our being in Christ separates or distinguishes us from those who do not know Him. Being in Christ is a super-nature work of God. Once we come to know and embrace this truth, our life is radically transformed. No longer are we mere humans; we now have the Spirit of the Creator God dwelling in us who empowers us, equips us and enables us to live as sons and daughters of God, reflecting the very nature of God. Being in Christ takes us out of what the world calls normal. Does all this mean we will have no trials and troubles-not at all. Just as Christ experienced trials and overcame them, we can do the same because He is in us living His life through us. This all has to do with us knowing our true identity in Christ. To learn of our God given identity, we must give ourselves to God’s word and we must meditate on and digest the truths we learn in His word. God can, but He does not normally ‘zap’ us with the truth of His word-we must seek to know the truth. So, let us not be guilty of living a ‘ho-hum’ life of mediocrity, struggling with and being overcome and defeated by the trials we face. God has made provision for us, and it is found IN HIM.
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 up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus,”
Blessings, Buddy
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