The Blessing
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
“What do people think a spiritual blessing is?”
Ephesians 1:3 says our God and Father has
blessed us “with every
spiritual blessing”.
The word “every” means
all, every,
the whole, inclusive nothing left out.
How many spiritual blessing are there?
We are told we are blessed in “Heavenly Realms”.
What does that mean to those of us on earth?
Maybe the most important thing we should note is
how the spiritual blessing in heaven connects to earth.
Verse 3 says “every
spiritual blessing in Christ”.
The connecting point is Christ, look at verse 10…
“to bring all things
in heaven and on earth
together under one head, even Christ.”
Before we can obtain any of the spiritual
blessings in heaven we must get to know Christ.
Jesus Christ, both God and man,
connected both heaven
and earth.
Before Jesus came in physical form
to earth, He was in heaven.
When God created the earth
He spoke of “us” creating man.
Genesis 1:26 NIV
“Then God said,
"Let us make man
in our image, in our
likeness”
God the Father and the Son, Jesus
Christ made man and
woman.
Because men and women failed at living
a meaningful life,
God sent His Son.
Galatians 4:4 NIV
“But when the time had
fully come,
God sent his Son, born of a woman”
A lot of time had passed from
creation to the birth of Christ.
In that time, man failed over and over again to live
meaningful lives, filled with love, peace, joy, kindness
etc.
Although God gave instruction to Adam and Eve,
to Moses in the commandments and to many others;
man failed to get it
right and live fulfilling lives.
God in sending His Son, came to
bring us the instruction for life.
Not only to speak the words
of truth, but to demonstrate it.
John 1:1-5 NIV
In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. He was with God in the
beginning.
Through him all things
were made; without him
nothing was made that
has been made.
In him was life, and
that life was the light of men.
There is a way that seem right to a man.
The question is how well has that worked?
Isn’t it time you invite Jesus Christ,
the Word of God into
your life?
and heavenly blessings?
Read Ephesians 1 to discover
what some of those blessing are.
Scripture Reading
Ephesians 1:3-10 NIV
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in
Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy
and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his
sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the
praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in
accordance with the riches of God's grace 8 that he lavished on us with all
wisdom and understanding. 9 And he made known to us the mystery of his will
according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into
effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment — to bring all things
in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
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