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"Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings."
Ephesians 1:3
All the goodness of the past, the present, and the future,
Christ bestows upon His people. In the mysterious ages of the
past the Lord Jesus was His Father's first elect, and in His
_election_ He gave us an interest, for we were chosen in Him
from before the foundation of the world. He had from all
eternity the prerogatives of _Sonship_, as His Father's
only-begotten and well-beloved Son, and He has, in the riches of
His grace, by adoption and regeneration, elevated us to sonship
also, so that to us He has given "power to become the sons of
God." The _eternal covenant_, based upon suretiship and
confirmed by oath, is ours, for our strong consolation and
security. In the _everlasting settlements of predestinating
wisdom_ and omnipotent decree, the eye of the Lord Jesus was
ever fixed on us; and we may rest assured that in the whole roll
of destiny there is not a line which militates against the
interests of His redeemed. The _great betrothal_ of the Prince
of Glory is ours, for it is to us that He is affianced, as the
sacred nuptials shall ere long declare to an assembled universe.
The _marvellous incarnation_ of the God of heaven, with all the
amazing condescension and humiliation which attended it, is
ours. The bloody sweat, the scourge, the cross, are ours for
ever. Whatever blissful consequences flow from _perfect
obedience, finished atonement, resurrection, ascension, or
intercession_, all are ours by His own gift. Upon His
breastplate he is now bearing our names; and in His
authoritative pleadings at the throne He remembers our persons
and pleads our cause. His _dominion_ over principalities and
powers, and His absolute majesty in heaven, He employs for the
benefit of them who trust in Him. His high estate is as much at
our service as was His condition of abasement. He who gave
Himself for us in the depths of woe and death, doth not withdraw
the grant now that He is enthroned in the highest heavens.
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When was the last time
you sinned?
ROMANS 3:23
"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"
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