BELIEVERS’ INHERITANCE IN CHRIST! - PART 7.

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

FRIDAY MAY 06, 2022.

SUBJECT: BELIEVERS’ INHERITANCE IN CHRIST! - PART 7.

Memory verse: "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.” (Ephesians 1 vs 3.)

READ: Revelation 5 vs 9 - 12:

5:9: “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seal; for you were slain, and have redeemed us to God be Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

5:10: and have made us kings and priests to our God: and we are to reign on the earth.”

5:11: Then I looked, and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 

5:12: saying with a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” 

INTIMATION:

The obvious truth is that believers have been blessed with every spiritual blessings in the heavenly realm, which was purchased in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. All that Jesus did and accomplished were for us—the body of Christ. As a Deity, He has no need for them because they are His from the beginning!

“Who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” means that in Christ we have all the benefits of knowing God—being chosen for salvation, being adopted as His children, forgiveness of our sins, insight into the deep things of God, the gifts of the Spirit (especially the wisdom and revelational knowledge of our inheritance in Christ), power to do God’s Will, the hope of living forever with Christ. Because we have an intimate relationship with Christ, we can enjoy these blessings now. The “heavenly places” means that those blessings are eternal, not temporal. 

Upon Christ’s victory over Satan—the ruler of this world, He received power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing! All these things are His from the beginning, and given to man from creation, hence He charged man to “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion...” (Genesis 1 vs 28). Obviously, that was a command of rulership (kingship) and priesthood bestowed on man from the beginning. To “have dominion over” something is to have absolute authority and control over it. However, at the fall of man, he handed over these rights to Satan. But Christ came, conquered him, stripped him of all those authorities, and handed it back to man.

As Christians we can be confident that Christ has won the final victory and is in control of everything as He stated, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth” (Luke 28 vs 18). “The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand” (John 3 vs 35). And the glory which God gave Jesus Christ, the same glory Christ has given to us believers (John 17 vs 22). The contract has been signed, and sealed, and the time of delivery is now. We need not fear any dictator or Satan or even death.

The song of God’s people praises Christ’s work: He (1) was slain, (2) redeemed them with His blood, (3) gathered them into a kingdom, (4) made them priests and kings, and (5) appointed to reign upon the earth. Jesus has already paid the penalty for sin. He is now gathering us into His kingdom and making us priests to reign with Him, now on this earth, and eternally be with Him in future. While now we are sometimes despised and mocked for our faith (John 15 vs 17 - 27), in the future we will reign over all the earth (Luke 22 vs 29 - 30). Christ’s death made believers priests of God—the channel of blessing between God and people (First Peter 2 vs 5 - 9).

Prayer: Abba Father, I worship and praise You for what You have done, what You are doing, and what You will do, for all who put their trust in You. Thank You for the power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing You received for us. Give me the grace to embrace, and live to the fullest, all that You received for us, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!