Spiritual Blessings In Jesus Christ
3 How we praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every (spiritual) blessing in heaven because we belong to (united or in) Christ. 4 Long ago, even before He (God) made the world, God chose (elected and loved) us to be His very own through what Christ would do for us; He decided then to make us holy in His eyes, without a single fault—we who stand before Him covered with His love. 5 His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for us. And He did this because He wanted to! 6 Now all praise to God (praise God) for His wonderful kindness to us and His favor that He has poured out upon us because we belong to His dearly loved Son (Jesus Christ). 7 So overflowing is His kindness toward us that He took away all our sins through the blood of His Son, by whom we are saved; 8 and He has showered down upon us the richness of His grace—for how well He understands us and knows what is best for us at all times. 9 God has told us His secret reason for sending Christ, a plan He decided on in mercy long ago; 10 and this was His purpose: that when the time is ripe He will gather us all together from wherever we are—in heaven or on earth—to be with Him in Christ forever. 11 Moreover, because of what Christ has done, we have become gifts to God that He delights in, for as part of God’s sovereign plan we were chosen from the beginning to be His, and all things happen just as he decided long ago. 12 God’s purpose in this was that we should praise God and give glory to Him for doing these mighty things for us, who were the first to trust in Christ. 13 And because of what Christ did, all you others too, who heard the Good News about how to be saved, and trusted Christ, were marked as belonging to Christ by the Holy Spirit, who long ago had been promised to all of us Christians. 14 His (Holy Spirit) presence within us is God’s guarantee that He really will give us all (the inheritance) that He promised; and the Spirit’s seal upon us means that God has already purchased us (to be His own people) and that He guarantees to bring us to Himself. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God (praise and glorify God). Ephesians 1:3-14 (The Living Bible)
Ephesians 1:3-14 praises God for all the spiritual blessings He has graciously given us through Jesus Christ. When we turn from sin and turn to Jesus Christ, God gives us every spiritual blessing now and eternally — salvation, adoption as God’s child, forgiveness of sins, wisdom and insight, the gifts of the Spirit, hope, and power to live. In Jesus Christ, we are holy and without fault in God’s eyes because we trust in Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice for our sins on the Cross (see Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 5:25-27; Colossians 1:22; Titus 3:5-7; Jude 1:24). All we can do in return for God’s kindness is expressing our grateful.
So come to God and become apart of His family and all His spiritual blessings, including becoming heirs along with His dearly loved Son, Jesus Christ (Romans 8:17; Galatians 4:5-7). God will send the Holy Spirit into your heart to guarantee that you will receive all His spiritual blessings. To receive God’s spiritual blessings, confess your sins and acknowledge that you cannot save yourselves and then turn to God through faith in Jesus Christ‘s work on the Cross.
3 How we praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every (spiritual) blessing in heaven because we belong to (united or in) Christ. 4 Long ago, even before He (God) made the world, God chose (elected and loved) us to be His very own through what Christ would do for us; He decided then to make us holy in His eyes, without a single fault—we who stand before Him covered with His love. 5 His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for us. And He did this because He wanted to! 6 Now all praise to God (praise God) for His wonderful kindness to us and His favor that He has poured out upon us because we belong to His dearly loved Son (Jesus Christ). 7 So overflowing is His kindness toward us that He took away all our sins through the blood of His Son, by whom we are saved; 8 and He has showered down upon us the richness of His grace—for how well He understands us and knows what is best for us at all times. 9 God has told us His secret reason for sending Christ, a plan He decided on in mercy long ago; 10 and this was His purpose: that when the time is ripe He will gather us all together from wherever we are—in heaven or on earth—to be with Him in Christ forever. 11 Moreover, because of what Christ has done, we have become gifts to God that He delights in, for as part of God’s sovereign plan we were chosen from the beginning to be His, and all things happen just as he decided long ago. 12 God’s purpose in this was that we should praise God and give glory to Him for doing these mighty things for us, who were the first to trust in Christ. 13 And because of what Christ did, all you others too, who heard the Good News about how to be saved, and trusted Christ, were marked as belonging to Christ by the Holy Spirit, who long ago had been promised to all of us Christians. 14 His (Holy Spirit) presence within us is God’s guarantee that He really will give us all (the inheritance) that He promised; and the Spirit’s seal upon us means that God has already purchased us (to be His own people) and that He guarantees to bring us to Himself. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God (praise and glorify God). Ephesians 1:3-14 (The Living Bible)
Ephesians 1:3-14 praises God for all the spiritual blessings He has graciously given us through Jesus Christ. When we turn from sin and turn to Jesus Christ, God gives us every spiritual blessing now and eternally — salvation, adoption as God’s child, forgiveness of sins, wisdom and insight, the gifts of the Spirit, hope, and power to live. In Jesus Christ, we are holy and without fault in God’s eyes because we trust in Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice for our sins on the Cross (see Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 5:25-27; Colossians 1:22; Titus 3:5-7; Jude 1:24). All we can do in return for God’s kindness is expressing our grateful.
So come to God and become apart of His family and all His spiritual blessings, including becoming heirs along with His dearly loved Son, Jesus Christ (Romans 8:17; Galatians 4:5-7). God will send the Holy Spirit into your heart to guarantee that you will receive all His spiritual blessings. To receive God’s spiritual blessings, confess your sins and acknowledge that you cannot save yourselves and then turn to God through faith in Jesus Christ‘s work on the Cross.
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