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,
Ephesians 1:3 ESV
Last night was the first night for a three-month small group study of Ephesians. Right before the closing prayer, the leader asked us to think of a phrase or word that struck us about the first six verses of Ephesians and make that a central point of our prayer. For me what stuck out was "every".
As Christians we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing. Not just the important ones. We don't have to earn some. We don't have to select our top three from a heavenly menu. There is not a time we get a second anointing of blessings.
When we enter into that wonderful, life-saving covenant with Jesus Christ, all possible spiritual blessings are bequeathed to us. The keys to the kingdom handed to us at that moment.
Is it that we undergo a dramatic change at the moment of salvation? In regards to our actions, words, and thoughts, perhaps not. We will still sin. We will still restoration on a daily basis. But in the eyes of God at the very moment of salvation, we are worthy of everything He has to give. Our adoption as sons of the Almighty gives us full legal standing to all that is His. Every blessing.
What a marvelous, joy-inducing reality!
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