Hi,
Every Spiritual Blessing!
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".
St. Paul does not say that God has blessed us with "a
whole lot of" blessing or "quite a bit" of blessing.
He is clear that "every" spiritual blessing we have
received has already been given. How can this be
when, quite frankly, the world still stinks? The
answer is found, not in the world, but in Christ. For
it is "in Christ"--in his very person as God made
man--that the blessings of God are found. Among those
blessing is the slow transformation of our life into a
glorious likeness of his glory. That process is still
going on in this life and pain is no small part of it.
But the gift has been given, for Christ has been
raised and ascended and we, if we are baptized and
living in faith, are already participants in his
eternal life. Today, thank God for his gift of every
blessing in Christ. He is the sum of all Blessing.
love, Josachayan / Saudi
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