Chad Ritchie | Series: Ephesians |Scripture: Ephesians 1:3
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Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places
1. All spiritual blessings come from God
- We must praise God for who He is.
2. All spiritual blessings become ours because of our union with Christ
- There are no blessings for Christians apart from him.
3. These blessings are applied by the Holy Spirit.
- Paul is saying that the blessings listed come from God the Father, become ours in Jesus Christ, and are applied by the Holy Spirit.
4. They are kept secure in heaven.
- “We are part of Christ; we are so bound to Him by this organic mystical union that whatever is true of Him is true of us spiritually. As He is in the heavenly places so are we in the heavenly places also. The blessings we enjoy as Christians are blessings ‘in the heavenly places’ because they all flow out of Christ who is there.”-Martyn Lloyd-Jones
- The Christian faith is openly other-worldly.