God the Father had decided to adopt as His children only those who believe in Jesus Christ.. All of u must grasp and believe that it is only in His Son that God has prepared to save us from sin. If we don't realize that God predestined us out of His grace to be save from all the sins of the world through Jesus Christ's righteousness; we will succumb to a great misunderstanding and will suffer forever.
God said that all of us who believe in the righteousness of Jesus have become His glory and also that our salvation is His joy! All of us who have been saved throught the Gospel are God's glory and His great work. The salvation He has given us is out of His mercy and is His exceeding great gift and is the greatest gift of His merciful love.
Ephesians 1:11 says, "In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will." This shows us that our salvation was achieved according to the will of God. We believers have become God's possessions. We have put on His grace to become His children according to the counsel of His will.
We have not become God's children under the influence of something other than the righteousness of God, but rather, we become His children all thanks to the righteousness of Jesus by believing in His righteousness according to the Father's desire.
Since we have been saved by His righteousness, this salvation is completely perfect.Our salvation is great and perfect. The God-given grace of salvation is infinitely abundant and knows no bounds.
We have not become God's children under the influence of something other than the righteousness of God, but rather, we become His children all thanks to the righteousness of Jesus by believing in His righteousness according to the Father's desire.
Since we have been saved by His righteousness, this salvation is completely perfect.Our salvation is great and perfect. The God-given grace of salvation is infinitely abundant and knows no bounds.
Jesus Christ has saved us from all our sins with the price of His own life. As we now believe in the Gospel we have all been saved from each and every sin of this world and this salvation of ours was entirely fulfilled according to the good pleasure of God, whose will was for Jesus to take all our sins upon His body. And because we believe in this Truth, we know that the will of God has been fulfilled.
Our salvation was achieved according to the plan of God in the fullness of times. In His light, it's very fortunate that we were born in this present age. Therefore, as all of us living in this present age, we have been saved from all our sins. Throughout all the ages, of both New and Old Testaments, God had prepared Salvation for the entire human race and He has now made it possible for everyone to be saved just by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ.
It's written in Ephesians 1:10, "That He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven an which are on earth." This means that God saved us to raise our status to be the same as His. He has given us the gift of salvation so that our lives would be transformed into glorious lives in Heaven.
Our salvation was achieved according to the plan of God in the fullness of times. In His light, it's very fortunate that we were born in this present age. Therefore, as all of us living in this present age, we have been saved from all our sins. Throughout all the ages, of both New and Old Testaments, God had prepared Salvation for the entire human race and He has now made it possible for everyone to be saved just by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ.
It's written in Ephesians 1:10, "That He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven an which are on earth." This means that God saved us to raise our status to be the same as His. He has given us the gift of salvation so that our lives would be transformed into glorious lives in Heaven.
It is written "Having made know to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven an which are on earth in Him." Ephesians 1:9-10.
Our salvation was fulfilled according to God's plan in the fullness of times. That is why we have been remitted from all our sins. Because of the shed blood of Jesus we have become God's children and members of His Church once and for all to enter and live in the kingdom of Heaven.
That is how we living in this present age have been saved from all our sins by believing tn the righteousness of God fulfilled by Jesus Christ.
Our salvation was fulfilled according to God's plan in the fullness of times. That is why we have been remitted from all our sins. Because of the shed blood of Jesus we have become God's children and members of His Church once and for all to enter and live in the kingdom of Heaven.
That is how we living in this present age have been saved from all our sins by believing tn the righteousness of God fulfilled by Jesus Christ.
This is the Gospel that our Lord Jesus has given us and this Gospel is the love of God and His justice. By purchasing us with the price of His own life, Jesus has made us God's children once and for all.
In Luke 10:19-20, we see Jesus saying to His disciples, "Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."
This Word was spoken equally to all believers living in the present age. It is the Lord Jesus who has given us the Gospel and brought us true salvation.
In Luke 10:19-20, we see Jesus saying to His disciples, "Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."
This Word was spoken equally to all believers living in the present age. It is the Lord Jesus who has given us the Gospel and brought us true salvation.
The Father God has made His will known to us in Christ Jesus by helping us to understand the True Gospel. Whoever is ignorant of the God given Gospel is someone who lacks heavenly wisdom.
It's through His Son that God has made us His children. For us who were all destined to be destroyed, He washed away our every sin. He has made His grace abound to us, so that all of us that believe will be His children,
Those of us who know and believe that God is love, truth, and justice, also know that Jesus Christ is our Creator and God. We know and believe that to become our Savior, Jesus came looking for us. He did not achieve our salvation according to His own will, but according to His Father's plan.
Jesus Christ had come to this earth incarnated in the flesh of man in order to do every work of salvation in obedience to the will of God. And he saved us once and for all by bearing all our sins.
It's through His Son that God has made us His children. For us who were all destined to be destroyed, He washed away our every sin. He has made His grace abound to us, so that all of us that believe will be His children,
Those of us who know and believe that God is love, truth, and justice, also know that Jesus Christ is our Creator and God. We know and believe that to become our Savior, Jesus came looking for us. He did not achieve our salvation according to His own will, but according to His Father's plan.
Jesus Christ had come to this earth incarnated in the flesh of man in order to do every work of salvation in obedience to the will of God. And he saved us once and for all by bearing all our sins.
By rising from the dead Jesus has made His grace abound to all of us who believe the Gospel, so that we would lack nothing to become Sons of God. God the Father has given us new life in the righteousness of Jesus.
Having resurrected His Son from the dead, the Father then seated Him at His own right hand.
In Ephesians 1:8-9 "Which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made know to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself." Here God is saying to us that He has made His will known to us by giving us all wisdom and prudence through Jesus. God has also granted us the wisdom of salvation, making it possible for us to know His will.
Having resurrected His Son from the dead, the Father then seated Him at His own right hand.
In Ephesians 1:8-9 "Which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made know to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself." Here God is saying to us that He has made His will known to us by giving us all wisdom and prudence through Jesus. God has also granted us the wisdom of salvation, making it possible for us to know His will.
Our salvation and our adoption as God's children was not through our own will, plan or effort, but was achieved solely by the will of God.
Now as we serve the Gospel to the Lord's pleasure, we are living in His love. Our everything depends on Him and His blessings.
Ephesians 1:7, " In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace." It means that God has given us every spiritual blessing of heaven in Jesus Christ. The word "redemption" means "to ransom us from sin by paying off the price."
Even though everyone sins countlessly, God has already blotted them out by giving us the Gospel. We have been saved from each and every sin because Jesus paid the debt for us. Because the Lord accepted our sins once and for all, He had to pay the price for them. That is why He shed His blood on the cross, buying our salvation and for all who will believe.
Now as we serve the Gospel to the Lord's pleasure, we are living in His love. Our everything depends on Him and His blessings.
Ephesians 1:7, " In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace." It means that God has given us every spiritual blessing of heaven in Jesus Christ. The word "redemption" means "to ransom us from sin by paying off the price."
Even though everyone sins countlessly, God has already blotted them out by giving us the Gospel. We have been saved from each and every sin because Jesus paid the debt for us. Because the Lord accepted our sins once and for all, He had to pay the price for them. That is why He shed His blood on the cross, buying our salvation and for all who will believe.
Given the fact that we have become God the Father's children entirely out of His will, we have nothing to do but to thank and praise Him for it.
That is what the Apostle Paul is teaching us in the first chapter of Ephesians, making it clear to all of us that have reached our salvation by believing in the Gospel according to the will of the Father.
We are now living in this world as His children, but sometimes we get disappointed when we see our weaknesses and shortcomings i.e. sins. Despite them, God the Father has saved us perfectly in Jesus Christ through the Gospel. It's true that even as we try to follow the Lord faithfully, sometimes we fall into despair over our sins. However, this should only deepen our faith and make us even more thankful to God for planning and achieving our salvation.
That is what the Apostle Paul is teaching us in the first chapter of Ephesians, making it clear to all of us that have reached our salvation by believing in the Gospel according to the will of the Father.
We are now living in this world as His children, but sometimes we get disappointed when we see our weaknesses and shortcomings i.e. sins. Despite them, God the Father has saved us perfectly in Jesus Christ through the Gospel. It's true that even as we try to follow the Lord faithfully, sometimes we fall into despair over our sins. However, this should only deepen our faith and make us even more thankful to God for planning and achieving our salvation.
Our faith that has helped us to becomes God's children did not come to us from believing in any doctrine in this world. This faith of salvation was shaped entirely by God the Father under the authority of the righteousness of Jesus our Lord.
Our salvation was affected by no one else but the Lord. It was achieved by the righteousness of God the Father which was fulfilled by His Son Jesus Christ.
If our faith were built on a mistaken foundation as modern theology, then it would have been imperfect. Jesus Christ has saved us all who believe in the Gospel by working according to the Father's plan. All this was accomplished according to the will of God.
Our salvation was affected by no one else but the Lord. It was achieved by the righteousness of God the Father which was fulfilled by His Son Jesus Christ.
If our faith were built on a mistaken foundation as modern theology, then it would have been imperfect. Jesus Christ has saved us all who believe in the Gospel by working according to the Father's plan. All this was accomplished according to the will of God.
By giving us the Gospel that has blotted out all the sins of this world, the Lord has turned all of us who believe into God's children.
This is explained by Ephesians 1:4, "Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world". It is in Jesus that God has given us all at once each and every spiritual blessing in Heaven that He has wanted to give us.
Human beings can become God's children only if they receive the remission of their sins by believing in the Gospel and are born again into God's people. This is because we were all born as sinners by nature and the only way for us to become children of God is to believe in Him and what Jesus did for us at the Cross. The main purpose of our faith in the True Gospel is for us to reach salvation from all our sins.
This is explained by Ephesians 1:4, "Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world". It is in Jesus that God has given us all at once each and every spiritual blessing in Heaven that He has wanted to give us.
Human beings can become God's children only if they receive the remission of their sins by believing in the Gospel and are born again into God's people. This is because we were all born as sinners by nature and the only way for us to become children of God is to believe in Him and what Jesus did for us at the Cross. The main purpose of our faith in the True Gospel is for us to reach salvation from all our sins.
Ephesians is Paul's Epistle testifying that God Himself has built His Church. God wanted to adopt all human beings as His children and let them dwell in His Church. As the way to achieve that, He spoke of the salvation that is received through the Gospel.
In the Book of Ephesians, Paul explained the process in which God's children have come into existence. Ephesians 1:3, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ." This means that God the Father had planned to make us His own children through the Gospel found in Jesus Christ His Son.
We should realize first of all that every spiritual blessing that the saints receive comes to them through their faith in the Gospel, because the Father had already planned to make us His own children in Jesus Christ. And when the time came He completed our salvation in Jesus as the True Gospel, The work of the Father and Jesus lacked nothing to fulfill His will.
In the Book of Ephesians, Paul explained the process in which God's children have come into existence. Ephesians 1:3, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ." This means that God the Father had planned to make us His own children through the Gospel found in Jesus Christ His Son.
We should realize first of all that every spiritual blessing that the saints receive comes to them through their faith in the Gospel, because the Father had already planned to make us His own children in Jesus Christ. And when the time came He completed our salvation in Jesus as the True Gospel, The work of the Father and Jesus lacked nothing to fulfill His will.
In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
Therefore I, Paul, also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places.
Therefore I, Paul, also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places.
God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to the adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made know to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that is the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth in Him.
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made know to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that is the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth in Him.
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
The churches of the world must realize the real reason behind their going astray. Unless we have faith in the Gospel, we cannot be freed from the sins of this world. To believe in the blood Jesus shed on the Cross is to hold onto faith.
The hypocritical faith that many Christians have has only led them to turn their churches into social functions, much like the other social gatherings of the world.
We must believe in the Gospel preached by God's Church, becoming spiritual people who belong to Heaven.
The hypocritical faith that many Christians have has only led them to turn their churches into social functions, much like the other social gatherings of the world.
We must believe in the Gospel preached by God's Church, becoming spiritual people who belong to Heaven.
In the hearts of those who believe in the Gospel and belong to God's Church, there is the faith that helps them to overcome the world [1 John 5:4-5]. Those who are inside God's Church have no sin in their hearts. Only in the Gospel is there the Word of salvation that helps us to receive the remission of sins.
If our faith has failed to blot out our hearts sin, we should realize that the problem is with the gospel
in which we believe, then we must return to the Gospel Truth.
Our problem of faith lies in the fact that we either do not know the Gospel, or we do not believe it. The cause of our problem of faith does not lie with the Lord, nor does it lie with the Gospel that the Lord has given us. But the problem of faith lies in our failure to know and believe in it properly, and the fact that our heart still remains sinful.
If our faith has failed to blot out our hearts sin, we should realize that the problem is with the gospel
in which we believe, then we must return to the Gospel Truth.
Our problem of faith lies in the fact that we either do not know the Gospel, or we do not believe it. The cause of our problem of faith does not lie with the Lord, nor does it lie with the Gospel that the Lord has given us. But the problem of faith lies in our failure to know and believe in it properly, and the fact that our heart still remains sinful.
We need to realize that the cause of corruption and secularization in many of today's churches is because it seeks an empty faith that is built on false gospels and doctrines. It is obvious that with such mistaken beliefs, the churches cannot clean up the wickedness of this world.
Today we still see legalists around who are only too quick to provide excuses, rather than repenting of their mistaken faiths.
The worldly church remains so incapable of providing any solutions to overcome the problems of the Christians who have resigned themselves, saying, "Everyone is bound to be swept away by the sins of this world."
That's why today's youth exposed to sin are leaving the church in droves and why the church has increasingly been left with a hardened generation.
Remember that it is only in the Gospel that the Church can solve the problems of a sinful world.
Today we still see legalists around who are only too quick to provide excuses, rather than repenting of their mistaken faiths.
The worldly church remains so incapable of providing any solutions to overcome the problems of the Christians who have resigned themselves, saying, "Everyone is bound to be swept away by the sins of this world."
That's why today's youth exposed to sin are leaving the church in droves and why the church has increasingly been left with a hardened generation.
Remember that it is only in the Gospel that the Church can solve the problems of a sinful world.
When the Lord came to earth, He blotted out all sins once and for all. Many people do not know the Gospel so they still remain in their sins.
Those who now believe in the Gospel, confess that He shouldered all sin once and for all and that He has washed all our sins away by bearing the condemnation on the Cross.
Although the iniquities of the world continue incessantly, the believers, believe that He has blotted out all of the sins indefinitely with by the Gospel.
All must believe that the Lord who has clothed us in the righteousness of God that He has completed.
Those who now believe in the Gospel, confess that He shouldered all sin once and for all and that He has washed all our sins away by bearing the condemnation on the Cross.
Although the iniquities of the world continue incessantly, the believers, believe that He has blotted out all of the sins indefinitely with by the Gospel.
All must believe that the Lord who has clothed us in the righteousness of God that He has completed.
The Bible says, "As it is appointed for men to die once, but after that the judgment" [Hebrews 9:27].
Once born into this world, we are all bound to die once. The question of whether or not we would be condemned for our sins afterward is answered by checking ourselves to see whether or not we believe in the true Gospel. This will determine if we find ourselves as children of God, or find ourselves as the children of wrath.
Those who do no believe have already condemned themselves for not believing in the name of the only begotten Son of God who has saved mankind from sin. If they continue to be unrepentant, they will not be able to escape from the judgment of God.
Once born into this world, we are all bound to die once. The question of whether or not we would be condemned for our sins afterward is answered by checking ourselves to see whether or not we believe in the true Gospel. This will determine if we find ourselves as children of God, or find ourselves as the children of wrath.
Those who do no believe have already condemned themselves for not believing in the name of the only begotten Son of God who has saved mankind from sin. If they continue to be unrepentant, they will not be able to escape from the judgment of God.
One must not think that their rebirth from sin depends on their own good deeds.
To save us from the sins of the world and to make us God's children in the likeness of His image, Jesus, who is the true God Himself, received and accepted the sins of the world.
To bear the condemnation of sin, He was crucified and shed His blood on the Cross and rose from the dead. He has enabled us to be born again as God's children.
We humans can be transformed into the people who belong in Heaven according to God's plan, but only if we are born again by believing the Gospel.
To save us from the sins of the world and to make us God's children in the likeness of His image, Jesus, who is the true God Himself, received and accepted the sins of the world.
To bear the condemnation of sin, He was crucified and shed His blood on the Cross and rose from the dead. He has enabled us to be born again as God's children.
We humans can be transformed into the people who belong in Heaven according to God's plan, but only if we are born again by believing the Gospel.
Do you know why you were born into this world? Do you know the reason and purpose for which God created the human race?
God chose us in Christ even before the foundation of the world, to make us His children. He created mankind on the sixth day of His creation of the heavens and the earth. In allowing us to be born into this world, God planned to enable us to receive everlasting life as an eternal child of His.
God wanted to make us His own people by giving the blessing of regeneration to those who believe in the Gospel. That is why God gave us the Gospel, so that we humans would be born again according to His plan. Jesus received and took away all the sins of our entire lifetime by being crucified and shedding his blood once and for all time.
God chose us in Christ even before the foundation of the world, to make us His children. He created mankind on the sixth day of His creation of the heavens and the earth. In allowing us to be born into this world, God planned to enable us to receive everlasting life as an eternal child of His.
God wanted to make us His own people by giving the blessing of regeneration to those who believe in the Gospel. That is why God gave us the Gospel, so that we humans would be born again according to His plan. Jesus received and took away all the sins of our entire lifetime by being crucified and shedding his blood once and for all time.
For us to get to Heaven, we must believe in the Gospel. To be born again, we must know and believe that Jesus Christ has saved us from all our sins by taking them on Himself and by shedding His blood on the Cross and dying for us.
We need to realize that it is not through our prayers of repentance or some effort of our part that we are born again. Our own efforts have nothing to do with the washing away of sin.
Because the Lord took upon Himself all our sins and paid the wages for them, which is death by being crucified, shedding His blood, dying on the Cross, rising from the dead, and then returning to the Father's right hand in Heaven that we receive the free gift of eternal life.
We need to realize that it is not through our prayers of repentance or some effort of our part that we are born again. Our own efforts have nothing to do with the washing away of sin.
Because the Lord took upon Himself all our sins and paid the wages for them, which is death by being crucified, shedding His blood, dying on the Cross, rising from the dead, and then returning to the Father's right hand in Heaven that we receive the free gift of eternal life.
Paul explains that the reason God saved us is to make us His own people and manifest us as His sinless, perfect children. God saved us in Christ, so that we may stand holy and without blame before His presence.
Some have asked if this means that the purpose behind saving us is only to make us holy. No! it is for His own glory that He saved us. The purpose of our salvation is to reveal the glory of God. To put on God's salvation and thanking Him is the highest praise that we can give Him.
Paul explains that God's glory is the ultimate purpose for saving us.
Some have asked if this means that the purpose behind saving us is only to make us holy. No! it is for His own glory that He saved us. The purpose of our salvation is to reveal the glory of God. To put on God's salvation and thanking Him is the highest praise that we can give Him.
Paul explains that God's glory is the ultimate purpose for saving us.
It is through the precious blood of Jesus Christ, that He shed on the Cross, that God the Father cleanses His believers from all their sins. Our salvation is concretely related to Jesus Christ.
Salvation has nothing to do with a person's good deeds or merit. God's mercy cannot be separated from His truth that helps us to realize His great love. We need to consider how awful it would be if our salvation depended on our good deeds.
How thankful and assured we can be that our salvation is entirely fulfilled by God out of His mercy for us. The fact that God received us in Christ brings us the assurance of our redemption and joy.
We should then entrust everything to God who has saved us and should believe in the true love that this has given us.
Salvation has nothing to do with a person's good deeds or merit. God's mercy cannot be separated from His truth that helps us to realize His great love. We need to consider how awful it would be if our salvation depended on our good deeds.
How thankful and assured we can be that our salvation is entirely fulfilled by God out of His mercy for us. The fact that God received us in Christ brings us the assurance of our redemption and joy.
We should then entrust everything to God who has saved us and should believe in the true love that this has given us.
In Adam, fallen mankind is completely unable to practice morality. The Bible says that everyone has sinned and therefore it is only fitting for everyone to be condemned and judged [Romans 5:12, 6:23].
That certain people get saved cannot be considered an injustice to those who don't. Those who don't get saved are those who condemned themselves by refusing to believe the Gospel, even though God has bestowed His unconditional love to everyone through His Gospel so that all may be saved.
Some people continue to reject the merciful love of God. Although God wants everyone to be saved and realize the Truth [Timothy 2:4], some people's hearts are so hardened that they cannot accept the truth that God chose for us in Christ according to His unconditional love and mercy.
Unless God chose us unconditionally in His love and mercy, how else could we have been save? Yet we see so many people objecting to this, saying, "if God has saved us unconditionaly, completely irrespective of our deed, then our Christianity can easily fall into doctrinal fallacies and therefore it is a wrong presumption." They even say, "Doesn't this mean that regardless of how we live those who accept God's plan will be saved and those who don't will end up in hell?"
God's plan and blessings are given "in Christ" to all human beings without discrimination according to He merciful love. And in Christ, God preordained to fulfill everything, including the means by which the blessings are attained, through the Gospel. Therfore, it is by believing in the Gospel that we can receive these "spiritual blessings in the heavenly places" that God preordained in Christ according to His grace.
God has empowered us to persevere and grow in the Gospel until the day the Kingdom of God is upon this earth.
That certain people get saved cannot be considered an injustice to those who don't. Those who don't get saved are those who condemned themselves by refusing to believe the Gospel, even though God has bestowed His unconditional love to everyone through His Gospel so that all may be saved.
Some people continue to reject the merciful love of God. Although God wants everyone to be saved and realize the Truth [Timothy 2:4], some people's hearts are so hardened that they cannot accept the truth that God chose for us in Christ according to His unconditional love and mercy.
Unless God chose us unconditionally in His love and mercy, how else could we have been save? Yet we see so many people objecting to this, saying, "if God has saved us unconditionaly, completely irrespective of our deed, then our Christianity can easily fall into doctrinal fallacies and therefore it is a wrong presumption." They even say, "Doesn't this mean that regardless of how we live those who accept God's plan will be saved and those who don't will end up in hell?"
God's plan and blessings are given "in Christ" to all human beings without discrimination according to He merciful love. And in Christ, God preordained to fulfill everything, including the means by which the blessings are attained, through the Gospel. Therfore, it is by believing in the Gospel that we can receive these "spiritual blessings in the heavenly places" that God preordained in Christ according to His grace.
God has empowered us to persevere and grow in the Gospel until the day the Kingdom of God is upon this earth.
Paul emphasizes the phrase " in Christ" as he repeatedly states: "He made us accepted in the Beloved" [Ephesians 1:7]; "in Him we have redemption....according to the riches of His grace" [Ephesians 1:7]; "according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself" [Ephesians 1:9]; "he might gather together in one all things in Christ"; and "that we who first trusted in Christ" [Ephesians 1:12] should lack nothing to become God's children.
The Bible says that God's saints are chosen according to His grace in Jesus Christ, even before this world was created. This indicates that God's purpose was made in His justice, His merciful love and the Gospel.
What merit could we have established before the world was even made? Could anyone have established anything of merit for God before the world came into existance? God says that He did not rely on the works of mankind, but He chose us in Jesus Christ.
The Bible says that God's saints are chosen according to His grace in Jesus Christ, even before this world was created. This indicates that God's purpose was made in His justice, His merciful love and the Gospel.
What merit could we have established before the world was even made? Could anyone have established anything of merit for God before the world came into existance? God says that He did not rely on the works of mankind, but He chose us in Jesus Christ.
"Every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" can be attained all at once in Christ only by believing in the Gospel Truth. Heavenly blessings can never be found outside of Christ who came by the Gospel. These spiritual blessings that we have received did not come from the works of man, but they were fulfilled by the works of God.
The Apostle Paul states that these blessings originated from God the Father who chose us before the foundation of the world and from the ministry of Jesus Christ. Our true faith is not to relay on our own works, but we may define that it is to believe in God's good benevolence.
Now Paul says that God the Father "chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world." This means that salvation is a blessing that is bestowed to those who accept His benevolence. Those who were chosen in God's love. Paul explains the mystery of God and makes it clear that it is because God first loved us that our salvation has been made possible.
The Apostle Paul states that these blessings originated from God the Father who chose us before the foundation of the world and from the ministry of Jesus Christ. Our true faith is not to relay on our own works, but we may define that it is to believe in God's good benevolence.
Now Paul says that God the Father "chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world." This means that salvation is a blessing that is bestowed to those who accept His benevolence. Those who were chosen in God's love. Paul explains the mystery of God and makes it clear that it is because God first loved us that our salvation has been made possible.
Paul said to us, "May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height, to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge, that you be filled with all the fullness of God" [Ephesians 3;18-19].
It is his deepest desire for all of to us believe in the Gospel and to be filled with all the spiritual blessings given by God. God's plan for us is so profound that its depth and love cannot be measured. When we think about God's love, we can only praise Him for His grace.
The phrase "every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ" implies that those spiritual blessings were yet to reach the human domain. But in Ephesians 1:4, Paul explains how such spiritual blessings were realized in Jesus Christ through the method of "God's selection."
It is his deepest desire for all of to us believe in the Gospel and to be filled with all the spiritual blessings given by God. God's plan for us is so profound that its depth and love cannot be measured. When we think about God's love, we can only praise Him for His grace.
The phrase "every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ" implies that those spiritual blessings were yet to reach the human domain. But in Ephesians 1:4, Paul explains how such spiritual blessings were realized in Jesus Christ through the method of "God's selection."
Remember, those who have received spiritual blessings are those who believe in the Gospel. Once we receive through such faith, these spiritual blessings in Heaven, then our perspectives on life, on society and on the world will be properly established.
While we the believers are now walking the path of strangers, our citizenship is in Heaven. Therefore we can never be like the world, nor can we follow its examples. Although the saints are living in this world, they are not rooted in this world. Their home is the Kingdom of Heaven and their blessings are the blessings that belong to Heaven.
These spiritual blessings are the blessings that come from a proper relationship with God, by believing in the Gospel. Such blessings flow from faith, which is simple to the saints who are walking on the path as a stranger. While we can very well skip a meal, we cannot live even for a day unless we think of God's righteousness in our hearts and thank Him for it.
Our hearts' true satisfaction and joy are not in possessing many material belongings of the world but far from it, they come because we have faith in our hearts that we have been saved through the Gospel.
While we the believers are now walking the path of strangers, our citizenship is in Heaven. Therefore we can never be like the world, nor can we follow its examples. Although the saints are living in this world, they are not rooted in this world. Their home is the Kingdom of Heaven and their blessings are the blessings that belong to Heaven.
These spiritual blessings are the blessings that come from a proper relationship with God, by believing in the Gospel. Such blessings flow from faith, which is simple to the saints who are walking on the path as a stranger. While we can very well skip a meal, we cannot live even for a day unless we think of God's righteousness in our hearts and thank Him for it.
Our hearts' true satisfaction and joy are not in possessing many material belongings of the world but far from it, they come because we have faith in our hearts that we have been saved through the Gospel.
To prevent any misunderstanding, Paul put the word "spiritual" before the word "blessings" to be received by the saints.
When we think of "blessings," we often think of material blessings first. Like wealth, high social status and power, which come to our minds, thinking of the property, prestige and power that reflect "social values".
But the blessings that are mentioned here do not refer to the blessings that belong to the world. Worldly blessings are crude. This does not mean that the saints have no material needs in this world. It does mean that no saint should take such material gains as his ultimate goal and thirst after them.
The Holy Spirit working in our lives tells us that our faith in the Gospel is the right faith. The Holy Spirit makes us think of heavenly affairs rather than worldly affairs. Our proper faith is to believe in all the Word of God in the Gospel and to seek after a life that walks with the Lord.
When we think of "blessings," we often think of material blessings first. Like wealth, high social status and power, which come to our minds, thinking of the property, prestige and power that reflect "social values".
But the blessings that are mentioned here do not refer to the blessings that belong to the world. Worldly blessings are crude. This does not mean that the saints have no material needs in this world. It does mean that no saint should take such material gains as his ultimate goal and thirst after them.
The Holy Spirit working in our lives tells us that our faith in the Gospel is the right faith. The Holy Spirit makes us think of heavenly affairs rather than worldly affairs. Our proper faith is to believe in all the Word of God in the Gospel and to seek after a life that walks with the Lord.
It is only through Jesus and by faith, that we can receive the blessings in Ephesians 1:1-7. There is only one who intercedes between God and man and it is Christ Jesus [1 Timothy 2:5]. It is only in Jesus and believing in the Gospel that we can receive spiritual blessings in the heavenly places.
The saints on this earth are those who believe in the Gospel. The life in Jesus Christ does not simply refer to an ethically virtuous life, but refers to a life that praises the blessing of salvation received freely in Him.
Although the saints' lives may seem fruitless based on the standards of this world, spiritually speaking, these are the lives that seek after the highest desires and the greatest faith. The saints are living their lives blessed with the spiritual blessings that belong to Heaven, in the Gospel of Christ and by their faith.
They are the ones who through the Gospel come to know and believe Jesus as their Savior and who have received the spiritual blessings in the heavenly places.
The saints on this earth are those who believe in the Gospel. The life in Jesus Christ does not simply refer to an ethically virtuous life, but refers to a life that praises the blessing of salvation received freely in Him.
Although the saints' lives may seem fruitless based on the standards of this world, spiritually speaking, these are the lives that seek after the highest desires and the greatest faith. The saints are living their lives blessed with the spiritual blessings that belong to Heaven, in the Gospel of Christ and by their faith.
They are the ones who through the Gospel come to know and believe Jesus as their Savior and who have received the spiritual blessings in the heavenly places.
Some Christian leaders today, say we shouldn't advise Christianity as an exclusive truth.
They argue that rather than being oriented towards "eternal life in Heaven" or "salvation," Christianity should pursue "social justice" or "the practice of love." coexisting and co-operating with other religions.
Christianity cannot stand together with the other religions of this world. The Christian Chruch is the gathering of those who believe in God's plan and His will. Such believers have faith in the will of God. The faith of a true Christian is not of his own making, but it is one that was given by God. It is placed in the plan of salvation prepared in Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world and therefore was given by God.
A true Christian is someone who unlike those who belong to the world, has received the spiritual blessings that belong to Heaven. True Christians's faith is one that is placed in Jesus who has delivered them from the sins of this world through the Gospel.
They argue that rather than being oriented towards "eternal life in Heaven" or "salvation," Christianity should pursue "social justice" or "the practice of love." coexisting and co-operating with other religions.
Christianity cannot stand together with the other religions of this world. The Christian Chruch is the gathering of those who believe in God's plan and His will. Such believers have faith in the will of God. The faith of a true Christian is not of his own making, but it is one that was given by God. It is placed in the plan of salvation prepared in Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world and therefore was given by God.
A true Christian is someone who unlike those who belong to the world, has received the spiritual blessings that belong to Heaven. True Christians's faith is one that is placed in Jesus who has delivered them from the sins of this world through the Gospel.
Paul tries to explain God the Father's great dispensation for mankind. The phrase, "blessed be" [Ephesians 1:3] is not a phrase that is used for human beings or anyone else. Put differently, only God is worthy of being blessed, because He has given His spiritual blessings to mankind through the redeeming work of Jesus Christ.
Humans are selfish and self-centered. But God, gave up and sacrificed Himself for us and that is why we cannot help but give our thanks to Him and Jesus with our faith.
The "spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" is not a blessing that anybody can receive. God allows the sun to shine upon both the good and the wicked and He brings rain on both the believers and unbelievers, but such a blessing is not a "spiritual blessing in the heavenly places." The "spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" is a special blessing, a blessing that can be received and enjoyed only by those who have received the remission of their sins by believing in the Gospel while on this earth.
For believers, Jesus is the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega. Only those who believe in the Gospel , fulfilled by can receive all the spiritual blessing that belong to Heaven forever.
Humans are selfish and self-centered. But God, gave up and sacrificed Himself for us and that is why we cannot help but give our thanks to Him and Jesus with our faith.
The "spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" is not a blessing that anybody can receive. God allows the sun to shine upon both the good and the wicked and He brings rain on both the believers and unbelievers, but such a blessing is not a "spiritual blessing in the heavenly places." The "spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" is a special blessing, a blessing that can be received and enjoyed only by those who have received the remission of their sins by believing in the Gospel while on this earth.
For believers, Jesus is the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega. Only those who believe in the Gospel , fulfilled by can receive all the spiritual blessing that belong to Heaven forever.
Whenever Paul introduced himself, he often said that his apostleship came "by the will of God" not man. He said that to save us from sin according to the will of God the Father, there was no other way than for Jesus to become our propitiation.
Paul also said that his ministry came by the will of God and in Jesus Christ. He realized it was the perfect work of salvation and this is how he became a preacher of the true Gospel.
Paul tells us that God planned to make us "holy and without blame" [Ephesians 1:4]. These holy people without blame whom Paul spoke of do not refer to special class of people, but they refer to those who believe in the Gospel [or Good News] hidden in Jesus according to the will of God the Father. Therefore, those who have become saints united with Christ through the Gospel, God's gift of salvation are "the holy people" set apart from the people of this world
Referring to the saint the Apostle Peter said, "you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people" [1 Peter 2:9]. The saints who have been born again by believing in the Gospel are not of those who seek to attain their own moral ideals by building their own character, but they are of those who have been washed from their sins and sanctified only by believing in the grace of God alone.
While the believers in the Gospel may seem ordinary, they are the special people who believe in the righteousness of God. In other words, those who have become saints before God not only have faith in the Gospel, but the roots of their faith are also united together in Jesus.
Paul also said that his ministry came by the will of God and in Jesus Christ. He realized it was the perfect work of salvation and this is how he became a preacher of the true Gospel.
Paul tells us that God planned to make us "holy and without blame" [Ephesians 1:4]. These holy people without blame whom Paul spoke of do not refer to special class of people, but they refer to those who believe in the Gospel [or Good News] hidden in Jesus according to the will of God the Father. Therefore, those who have become saints united with Christ through the Gospel, God's gift of salvation are "the holy people" set apart from the people of this world
Referring to the saint the Apostle Peter said, "you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people" [1 Peter 2:9]. The saints who have been born again by believing in the Gospel are not of those who seek to attain their own moral ideals by building their own character, but they are of those who have been washed from their sins and sanctified only by believing in the grace of God alone.
While the believers in the Gospel may seem ordinary, they are the special people who believe in the righteousness of God. In other words, those who have become saints before God not only have faith in the Gospel, but the roots of their faith are also united together in Jesus.
The Book of Ephesians is the epistle that addresses God's wonderful providence revealed through His Church in the New Testament.
Through the whole epistle, Paul leads us into the providence of God.. In other words, Paul makes it clear that God the Father had planned the salvation of mankind in Jesus Christ, fulfilled it through Jesus Christ and is now revealing this work of salvation that was accomplished in love through His Church.
The purpose of this book was to explain God's dispensation of salvation. Unlike his other epistles, it does not mention Paul's fellow workers. Through the whole book, the Apostle Paul wrote about how God the Father planned our salvation in Jesus before the foundation of the world and how He had accomplished the plan through the Gospel [the Good News].
Through the whole epistle, Paul leads us into the providence of God.. In other words, Paul makes it clear that God the Father had planned the salvation of mankind in Jesus Christ, fulfilled it through Jesus Christ and is now revealing this work of salvation that was accomplished in love through His Church.
The purpose of this book was to explain God's dispensation of salvation. Unlike his other epistles, it does not mention Paul's fellow workers. Through the whole book, the Apostle Paul wrote about how God the Father planned our salvation in Jesus before the foundation of the world and how He had accomplished the plan through the Gospel [the Good News].
The Ephesians Church was where Paul had preached to both the Jews and the Gentiles at the beginning. The relationship between the saints and Paul began when he stopped by Ephesus and preached the gospel during his second missionary journey [Acts 18:19].
At that time, although Paul left Ephesus after preaching for only a short while, the work of the gospel was carried on by Priscilla and Aquila,,, who had stayed behind.
Paul stopped, again, at Ephesus during his third missionary journey and ministered there for about 3 years [Acts 19:17-35]. Paul braved his life for his ministry at the Ephesian Church during these 3 years. It was a ministry that was marked by his tears and prayers [Acts 20:31].
Then at the end of his third missionary journey, on his way back to Jerusalem, he met the elders of the Ephesian Church at Miletus. From there they parted in tears [Acts 20:17, 36-38]. This was the last meeting between Paul and the church at Ephesus recored in the Book of Acts.
At that time, although Paul left Ephesus after preaching for only a short while, the work of the gospel was carried on by Priscilla and Aquila,,, who had stayed behind.
Paul stopped, again, at Ephesus during his third missionary journey and ministered there for about 3 years [Acts 19:17-35]. Paul braved his life for his ministry at the Ephesian Church during these 3 years. It was a ministry that was marked by his tears and prayers [Acts 20:31].
Then at the end of his third missionary journey, on his way back to Jerusalem, he met the elders of the Ephesian Church at Miletus. From there they parted in tears [Acts 20:17, 36-38]. This was the last meeting between Paul and the church at Ephesus recored in the Book of Acts.
Ephesians is an epistle written by Paul when he was jailed in Rome. He met Epaphras and Onesimus and heard the news about the Colossian church [Colossians 1:7, 4:9].
At that time he wrote many letters and sent them to the Church in Asia. Although Paul was in prison at that time, his spiritual labor continued as he wrote the "Prison Epistles", including this letter.
The church of Ephesus had deep fellowship with such servants of God at that time as the Apostle Paul, John, Mark, Timothy, Priscilla and Aquila. Timothy, Paul's spiritual son had stayed at the church of Ephesus at Paul's request and nurtured its flock with the Word. [1 Timothy 1:3].
At that time he wrote many letters and sent them to the Church in Asia. Although Paul was in prison at that time, his spiritual labor continued as he wrote the "Prison Epistles", including this letter.
The church of Ephesus had deep fellowship with such servants of God at that time as the Apostle Paul, John, Mark, Timothy, Priscilla and Aquila. Timothy, Paul's spiritual son had stayed at the church of Ephesus at Paul's request and nurtured its flock with the Word. [1 Timothy 1:3].
The Book of Ephesians was written by the Apostle Paul. In it, Paul clearly reveals God's will towards us in the same word of faith as in all his other epistles.
The Book of Ephesians is the Word of God that records how God's children came into being and by what means God's Church and the will of God the Father were fulfilled on this earth To make all of us His children in His likeness and the image of His Son Jesus Christ, God the Father gave us the Gospel and He permitted His Church to those who believe.
We should approach Ephesians with a desire to understand the profound dispensation of God the Father that is revealed in it. God's will is for everyone to become His child and receive His heavenly blessings.
Todays's children of God who exist in this world are the ones who have already been sanctified by believing in the Gospel.
The Book of Ephesians is the Word of God that records how God's children came into being and by what means God's Church and the will of God the Father were fulfilled on this earth To make all of us His children in His likeness and the image of His Son Jesus Christ, God the Father gave us the Gospel and He permitted His Church to those who believe.
We should approach Ephesians with a desire to understand the profound dispensation of God the Father that is revealed in it. God's will is for everyone to become His child and receive His heavenly blessings.
Todays's children of God who exist in this world are the ones who have already been sanctified by believing in the Gospel.
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