Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Ephesians 1:3

May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm! Ephesians 1:3

We have been blessed with every, not just some, not just many, but every blessing that is in Heaven. There is not one single blessed thing in Heaven that we do not have right now. If Jesus has it, so do we. If God has it, so do we. If the Holy Spirit has it, so do we. Our Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are all One, and we are now one with all that our Father is and has. Faith comes from hearing the Truth and the Truth is what sets us free. 

I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: John 17:22

In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world. 1 John 4:17

Because we are members (parts) of His body. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is very great, but I speak concerning [the relation of] Christ and the church. Ephesians 5:30-32

We now have Jesus’ Spirit and are one with it. We have His Mind. We have His Glory. Jesus is the Author and Finisher of our faith. Jesus has given us His peace, His joy, and by His stripes we are healed. We have been raised up together with Him and we are now seated with Him at the right hand of God. Nothing has been held back from us and there is nothing that will ever cause any of it to leave us or forsake us. The gifts that our Father has given to us will never be taken back. Our sins will never be remembered by God and they will never be counted against us. We have complete victory because of Jesus’ success. It’s all free, it’s all unearned, and it is all unmerited. We never have to take thought for being more than a conqueror.  

So because we have all of this and we don’t have to do anything to receive it, we can now completely live to serve others. We do not have to take one single thought for our own life’s, so that we can always be thinking of others. We can now completely live to bless those who curse us and pray for those who despitefully use us. We can now live to intercede for others so that they can have life and have it abundantly. 

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