01/30/2019
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"In whom also we have obtained an
inheritance."
Ephesians 1:11
Ephesians 1:11
When Jesus gave Himself for us, He gave
us all the rights and privileges which went with Himself; so that now, although
as eternal God, He has essential rights to which no creature may venture to
pretend, yet as Jesus, the Mediator, the federal head of the covenant of grace,
He has no heritage apart from us.
All the glorious consequences of His
obedience unto death are the joint riches of all who are in Him, and on whose
behalf He accomplished the divine will. See, He enters into glory, but not for Him
alone, for it is written,
"This hope
[this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and
it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and
steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most
Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells], where Jesus has entered [in advance] as a forerunner for us,
having become a High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." Hebrews
6:19-20.
Does he stand in the presence of God?
"Christ did not
enter into a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but [He
entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our
behalf." Hebrews
9:24.
Consider this, believer. You have no right
to heaven in yourself: your right lies in Christ. If you are pardoned, it is
through His blood; if you are justified, it is through His righteousness; if
you are sanctified, it is because He is made of God unto you sanctification; if
you shall be kept from falling, it will be because you are preserved in Christ
Jesus; and if you are perfected at the last, it will be because you are
complete in Him.
Thus Jesus is magnified--for all is in
Him and by Him; thus the inheritance is made certain to us--for it is obtained
in Him; thus each blessing is the sweeter and even heaven itself the brighter,
because it is Jesus our Beloved "in whom" we have obtained all. Where
is the man who shall estimate our divine portion? Weigh the riches of Christ in
scales, and His treasure in balances, and then think to count the treasures
which belong to the saints. Reach the bottom of Christ's sea of joy, and then
hope to understand the bliss which God hath prepared for them that love Him.
Over leap the boundaries of Christ's possessions, and then dream of a limit to
the fair inheritance of the elect. "All things are yours, for ye are
Christ's and Christ is God's." 1
Corinthians 3:12-23
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