“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, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to 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. Ephesians 1:3-6 NKJV
“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 known 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 the 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. Ephesians 1:7-12 NKJV
“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.” Ephesians 1:11-14 NKJV
The Father God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. He chose us before the foundation of the world to be holy [whole] and blameless [sinful yet blameless]. He predestined us to adoption as sons to the glory of His grace. We are here on earth for the manifestation of the glory of His grace in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Son Jesus Christ shed His blood to redeem us, which has been hidden generations and ages but now unlocked and disclosed when His time has fully met, in order that He might gather together in one all things in Him. In Jesus Christ we have obtained an inheritance which is eternal, imperishable, and everlasting. Thus, we shall live now and forevermore to the praise of His glory.
The Holy Spirit has sealed us by His promise. The presence of the Spirit in every believer's heart is the infallible mark of guarantee of our inheritance until the full redemption [bodily redemption] of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
What a mighty revelation it is in the Lord Jesus Christ! God the Father planned for the redemption before the foundation of the world, the Son Jesus Christ obeyed for the propitiation for redemption, and the Spirit has sealed His children for the guarantee of His glorious promise in the Son Jesus Christ. That's the good news. That's all facts.
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