A Weekly Inspiration
HERE ARE SOME OBSERVATIONS FROM CHAPTER ONE OF EPHESIANS:
VS 3 WE ARE BLESSED WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING
(NOTHING LEFT OUT OR TO LEFT TO CHANCE)
VS4 CHOSEN AND PICKED OUT BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
(WE ARE HAND PICKED –A PRIME SELECTION)
VS4 PLANNED IN LOVE FOR US TO BE ADOPTED
(WE CAN NEVER BE REJECTED. WE HAVE HAD SONSHIP CONFERRED ON US THROUGH THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST. IT CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY!)
VS 7 WE HAVE REDEMPTION (DELIVERANCE AND SALVATION) BY JESUS’ BLOOD (TOTAL FORGIVENESS AND GUILT FREE BY GRACE)
VS8 GOD MADE KNOWN TO US THE MYSTERY OF HIS PLAN (TO HAVE ALL THINGS BROUGHT TOGETHER IN CHRIST) - WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT JESUS IS TRUE ABOUT YOU. YOU ARE HIS BODY – PART OF HIM. INTIMATELY, INSEPERABLE FROM HIM!
VS 11 IN CHRIST WE ARE GOD’S HERITAGE AND WE OBTAINED AN INHERITANCE (EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR LIFE AND GODLINESS)
VS13 IN HIM WE HAVE RECEIVED SALVATION BY BELIEVING (FAITH RIGHTEOUSNESS) NOT BY ANY WORKS SO WE CANT BOAST IN OURSELVES BUT ONLY IN GOD.
VS 13-14 WE ARE STAMPED WITH THE SEAL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HE IS THE GUARANTEE OF OUR ACCEPTANCE IN CHRIST.
THE WHOLE OF CHAPTER 1 FROM VERSE 3 – 14 IS WRITTEN AS ONE LONG SENTENCE IN THE ORIGINAL GREEK.
THE PICTURE IS OF GOD AT THE TOP OF A HILL, LOADED WITH BLESSINGS PILED HIGH AND HE IS RUNNING AT YOU AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.
AND HE CANT STOP!!
HES JUST GOING TO RUN RIGHT OVER YOU AND DUMP THE WHOLE LOT ON YOU, AND YOU CAN’T STOP IT. IT’S YOURS NOW!
