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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.
See Also:
Daily Devotional: Today With Jesus
Daily Devotional: My Utmost for His Highest
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