Ephesians 1:3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.
Jesus came from heaven to earth to make it possible for every blessing that's in heaven, to be made available to us in the here and now on earth because we are united with Him.
Christ means the Anointed One and His Anointing. So may I encourage you to see yourself united to the Anointed One and His anointing because this verse tells us to praise God because we actually are, and that we've been blessed with every spiritual blessing!
If we read on it says v.11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, ....This verse reminds us that because we're united with Christ, because we are 'in' Christ, 'in' His anointing, that we've also been given an inheritance from God.
Part of that inheritance is not just to have our sins forgiven but to believe we're totally accepted in the Beloved Lord Jesus(v.6). God accepts us with great joy and is so delighted with us because we have been made like Jesus Himself, we have been clothed in His righteousness. You could say we've been wrapped in Jesus Himself. Not only that but we are now joint heirs with Him. Whatever Jesus has been given, we have been given! We are 'IN HIM'.
There really is a promised land of inheritance for us to enter into. The Israelites wandered around in the wilderness for years before they realised what was theirs for the taking. May we search and find out just what God has given us, so it's not wasted. Jesus paid such a high price for us to enter into our inheritance.
Just supposing you were told someone had left you an inheritance, would you not go 'Wow, what is it?' and find out how to access it? How much more should we be rejoicing and asking God how to enter in to what He has so freely given us because He is the One who wants us to have it just like when He told the Israelites to go in and take the Promised Land.
We really are united with Christ - We are IN HIM. I know it will bless you to look at all the 'In Him', In whom', 'In Christ', 'With Christ', etc. verses in all Paul's letters to the churches especially the books of Ephesians and Colossians, underline them, and see what we are united to, 'in Him' and what we now have.
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