3 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,
4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
Verse 3 says we lack nothing in the spiritual realm. God has given us all Jesus died to provide. God chose us in Jesus before He made the world. In Jesus we stand holy and without blame before God. Verse 5 says it was God's love that adopted us as His His sons by Jesus Christ. He did this according to the good pleasure of His will. In Verse 6 we should praise the glory of His grace because by God's grace Jesus made us accepted to God.
Ephesians 1:7-14 (NKJV)
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth--in Him.
11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. In verses 7-14 Jesus has redeemed us by His precious blood. He by His grace has forgiven us. He has given us all wisdom and understanding of the spiritual things He has given us. God has made known to us His children what He had kept secret since the world began. That mystery or hidden secret was that God will bring all things together under Christ and He will be Head over all. He has given us an inheritance in His Kingdom so that in the ages to come we might be to the praise of His glory. After we heard the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ and we believed, we were sealed with God's Holy Spirit who is the guarantee that we will be given our inheritance and a brand new body when Jesus returns for His body, the church. When you realize that you have been saved and sealed by the Holy Spirit, you can live your life on this earth without worry you will mess up and lose your salvation as some teach. You have been guaranteed an inheritance in heaven and believe me nothing can take that away from you. Romans 8:38-39 (NKJV)
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. So, since we have been given every spiritual blessing, let us begin to live in that power that is available to us. Let us grow in spiritual things as we read God's word daily, as we pray and attend church with the other saints of God. Let's rejoice and praise God's glory for what He has given us in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. May we live as what we are in this world, God's children. We have been given all we need to live successfully now and forever. If you have never asked Jesus Christ to forgive your sins against God and invited Jesus into your life, you can't live successfully and victorious in this life and your eternal destiny will be Hell and I don't believe you really want that. So ask Jesus to forgive and save you from Hell and give you a home in Heaven. Then be baptized and begin to worship God and His Son in the church of your choice. God grant us to live in fullness of all our spiritual blessings we have been blessed with in Jesus' name. Amen!
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth--in Him.
11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. In verses 7-14 Jesus has redeemed us by His precious blood. He by His grace has forgiven us. He has given us all wisdom and understanding of the spiritual things He has given us. God has made known to us His children what He had kept secret since the world began. That mystery or hidden secret was that God will bring all things together under Christ and He will be Head over all. He has given us an inheritance in His Kingdom so that in the ages to come we might be to the praise of His glory. After we heard the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ and we believed, we were sealed with God's Holy Spirit who is the guarantee that we will be given our inheritance and a brand new body when Jesus returns for His body, the church. When you realize that you have been saved and sealed by the Holy Spirit, you can live your life on this earth without worry you will mess up and lose your salvation as some teach. You have been guaranteed an inheritance in heaven and believe me nothing can take that away from you. Romans 8:38-39 (NKJV)
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
You can now live your life in the power of the Holy Spirit God gave you when you believed in Jesus as your personal Savior and Lord. You can overcome every situation, circumstance and trial that you face in this world. These things were given to us by God when we were saved by Jesus Christ. The very power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead lives in you. Ephesians 1:18-23 (NKJV)
18 May the eyes of your understanding be enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. So, since we have been given every spiritual blessing, let us begin to live in that power that is available to us. Let us grow in spiritual things as we read God's word daily, as we pray and attend church with the other saints of God. Let's rejoice and praise God's glory for what He has given us in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. May we live as what we are in this world, God's children. We have been given all we need to live successfully now and forever. If you have never asked Jesus Christ to forgive your sins against God and invited Jesus into your life, you can't live successfully and victorious in this life and your eternal destiny will be Hell and I don't believe you really want that. So ask Jesus to forgive and save you from Hell and give you a home in Heaven. Then be baptized and begin to worship God and His Son in the church of your choice. God grant us to live in fullness of all our spiritual blessings we have been blessed with in Jesus' name. Amen!
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