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ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS ARE IN CHRIST. Ephesians 1:3. Part One. Tony E. Denton, 11/05. ASiteForTheLord.com. And how do we get “into Christ”?. Into. Into. Baptized. Baptized. Rom. 6:3. Gal. 3:27. CHRIST. There are no other passages!. So what are some of the spiritual blessings
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ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS ARE IN CHRIST Ephesians 1:3 Part One Tony E. Denton, 11/05.ASiteForTheLord.com
And how do we get “into Christ”? Into Into Baptized Baptized Rom. 6:3 Gal. 3:27 CHRIST There are no other passages!
So what are some of the spiritual blessings that are only found in Christ?
“Be strong in thegracethat isin ChristJesus”(2 Tim. 2:1). “The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). Grace Truth “ThetruthisinJesus”(Eph. 4:21). Christ
“Felix … sent for Paul and heard him con-cerning the faith inChrist” (Acts 24:24). THE Faith The Faith revealed thatwhich was concealed. Grace Truth Christ “The veil remains unlifted in the reading of the OT, becausethe veil is taken away in Christ” (2 Cor. 3:14).
THE Faith Grace Truth “In [the Gospel] the righteous-ness of God is revealed fromfaith to faith” (Rom. 1:17). In fact, the faith foundin Christ is simple (2 Cor. 11:3). “It takes a PhD to make it difficult.” And this one objective faith (Eph. 4:5) pro-duces our sub-jective faith. Christ
“Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard … in faith and love which are in Christ”(2 Tim. 1:13). Faith THE Faith Grace Truth Christ This faith is described as“the faith of Abraham”(Rom. 4:16),he who lived before Moses and his law.
Faith THE Faith Forgive-ness Grace Forgive “one another just as God also forgave you inChrist” (Eph. 4:32,cf. 1:7). Truth Cleansing (Col. 2:11)& Sanctification (1 Cor.1:2) in Christ are related to Forgiveness; and Justification (Gal. 2:16-17), Righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21), & being made a New Creation (2 Cor. 5:17) in Christ are results of cleansing & sanctification. Christ
Faith THE Faith Forgive-ness Grace Re-demp-tion Truth “In Him (Christ) we have redemption through His blood” (Eph. 1:7). Christ To be redeemed is to be saved, salvation being “in Christ” (2 Tim. 2:10).
Faith THE Faith Forgive-ness Grace Re-demp-tion Truth God “has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ … God was in Christreconciling” us (2 Cor. 5:18-19). Recon-ciliation Being re-conciled is what’s meant by being “complete in Christ” (Col. 2:10 & 1:28). Christ
Faith THE Faith Forgive-ness Grace Re-demp-tion Truth “You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:26). Sons of God Recon-ciliation Christ
Faith “You are … a son, and if a son, then an heir of God thru Christ” (Gal. 4:7). THE Faith Forgive-ness Grace Re-demp-tion Truth Sons of God Inheri-tance Recon-ciliation Christ
Since we’re children, then we’re “heirs of God and joint heirswith Christ” (Rom. 8:17). Faith THE Faith Forgive-ness Grace Re-demp-tion Truth Sons of God Inheri-tance Recon-ciliation All this is in fulfillmentof God’spromise to Abraham(read Gal. 3:16 & 18). Christ
Faith THE Faith Forgive-ness Inheritance = Glorification (2 The. 1:12) Inheritance =Eternal Life(Rom. 6:23) Grace Re-demp-tion Truth Sons of God Inheri-tance Recon-ciliation Christ
So, if you aren't a Christian, you now know a little about what you're missing!