THE NEXT BLESSING IS FULNESS OF SPIRITUAL SUPPLY. Satan sought and found an entrance into the heavenlies; disguised probably as an angel of light. It may either be taken as referring to that department of our being which is undoubtedly chiefly affected by the blessings of salvation, namely, our spirit or soul; or it may be taken as referring to the source or origin of these blessings, namely, that Holy Spirit of God, who takes of the things that are Christ's, and bestows them on us. Alves, M. "The glory which Thou hast given Me, I have given them" The kingdom of the Incarnation is a universality. THE DESIGN of this part of the heavenly economy.1. By the time Jesus wrote His letter, in Revelation 2, the church of Ephesus had left their first love, and were just going on with the motions of Christianity, but lacking the vital emotion. The blessings are the Spirit's. He raises you up together.3. He is their God, and they are His people; their Creator, King, and Preserver, whom they are bound to worship and obey. A. THE DESIGN of this part of the heavenly economy. Christ hath made me content with a borrowed fireside, and it casteth as much heat as my own. Why need I hunger when in my Father's house and in my Saviour's heart are such wealth beyond a whole universe to drain? )Counting the blessingsThere is a story of an American scholar of high character and strong mind who finally became eminent, that in early life he went with his bride to a remote and unattractive part of the country to enter on his profession, both of them leaving behind great social advantages, a brilliant group of friends, charming homes, beautiful scenery, and fine libraries. Consider what is your position in the heavenlies in respect of privilege and duty. He attributes to Christ the whole development of his spiritual life. Every day we may see some new thing in Christ: His love hath neither brim nor bottom. They had the title deeds of it, though for a while the Canaanites held it as tenants upon lease. Christ, Christ is that which our love and desires can sleep sweetly and rest safely upon. His forerunnership is identified with his representative position as the Head of all true believers; and his presence in heaven is not only a sublime guarantee of spiritual blessings accruing to us while on earth, but a pledge that "where he is we shall be also." "The glory which Thou hast given Me, I have given them" The kingdom of the Incarnation is a universality. V. PEACE IS THE FIFTH BLESSING IN THIS CASKET OF JEWELS. A THEATRE, OR PLACE OF EXHIBITION (See Ephesians 3:10). He hath blessed us with all these spiritual heavenly blessings — with all of them. (Paul Bayne. He has predestinated or appointed you unto the adoption of children to Himself.3. The apostle begins with BLESSING; three times in the one verse does he use the same word: God is the blessed one who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places. Our Heavenly Father's blessings in Christ Jesus will never wither, nor leave us. I am pained with wondering at new opened treasures in Christ. A very high and a very holy life. These blessings are ours personally, for He hath blessed us. But be not ignorant of their devices. The "blessing" is spiritual because it comes from, and is applied by, the Holy Spirit of God; and we are blessed just as we are, and in whatever may we live and move and have our being. There is not one of these that can do us any harm; there is not one of these but must do us good. They cannot abide with us. There are two senses in which the term "spiritual" may be understood, as descriptive of the nature of the blessing. For many years, though, the original landowners lived in deep poverty on the mountain's barren surface. Such an one is no longer under the law to be eternally punished, but under grace he is a forgiven man.II. MORAL. The sentence of eternal death is removed from every one who accepts Christ, in faith, as an atoning Saviour. We are brought body as well as soul under the blessing. They cannot abide with us. He who has received a part may be sure of the whole. He does not intend simply to distinguish them from material, physical, or intellectual blessings; he means to attribute them to the Spirit of God. D.When Paul wrote this Epistle, five and twenty or thirty years had passed by since Christ appeared to him near Damascus. He has chosen you to be the objects of His eternal, sovereign, pure, and holy love.2. You have a present seal and earnest of the inheritance; a foretaste of future glory. Not its outer history of events merely, but its inmost history of spiritual experiences.IV. He knows that God has some good gift in this world that He has not bestowed upon him. Those who are "in Christ" receive the illumination and inspiration of the Holy Spirit. At the very acme of his assurance the great apostle could say no more than "It is not I, but Christ that liveth in me." The holy inmates of heaven see, as it were, a dramatic movement, illustrating the manifold wisdom of God. The blessings are the Spirit's. D.)Blessing through ChristH. Be not unduly afraid of them. PEACE IS THE FIFTH BLESSING IN THIS CASKET OF JEWELS. You are accepted in the Beloved.4. )Spiritual blessingW. He attributes to Christ the whole development of his spiritual life. They cannot abide with us. S. Heaven (Romans 6).(H. This is the believer's battle cry and paean of victory.(T. You are accepted in the Beloved.4. Faith, hope, joy, peace, patience, courage, zeal, love for God, love for men — he had found them all in Christ.2. At the very acme of his assurance the great apostle could say no more than "It is not I, but Christ that liveth in me." He who has received a part may be sure of the whole. In mind and heart, character and conduct, Christians are like Christ. "If any man be in Christ he is a new creature." Man can construct out of materials at his hand; God alone can create out of nothing. He is the Blessed God, because He is the universal Blesser.II. will He reign in life and glory forever? Dean Alford's reading is a happy one — Ye are filled full in Christ." Foster, M. The heavenlies, however, were again set up on the earth. When he says that God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing, he means that God has freely bestowed His good gifts on us in the person and work of His Son on our behalf. At the very acme of his assurance the great apostle could say no more than "It is not I, but Christ that liveth in me." Paul addresses the Church at Rome as "alive unto God in Jesus Christ our Lord." The Master said, "Because I live ye shall live also." They are taken from one realm to another. VITAL. The Divine mind in eternity made the destiny one.II. Our Heavenly Father's blessings in Christ Jesus will never wither, nor leave us. Both of them were homesick. He does not intend simply to distinguish them from material, physical, or intellectual blessings; he means to attribute them to the Spirit of God. Nay, suppose you could claim with the sovereign a connection of only a very distant sort, through some one intermediate between you width whom you are more nearly connected, and that you desired for some purpose to engage the sovereign's interest in your behalf, would not the fact of such a connection at once embolden you in your errand, and form a prevailing motive on the part of the sovereign to admit you into his presence, and grant your request? S. Their debts and merits are common property.III. Orme.I. Everything is here included, whether it relate to that nobler and higher part — the soul, or to that gross and earthly tabernacle, that body — provided only it come from the Spirit of God, whose nature is holy, and whose work must also be holy.(W. Our condition as fallen creatures is cursed; the vengeance of a violated law is suspended over us; and the original malady, spreading like a poison through all the members of our race, and through all the fountains of our being, hath laid us under the law of the curse; so that death must feed upon us, and sin and Satan have triumphed over us, because we are cursed. S. Brown.You will observe that the word "places" is printed in italics. (Paul Bayne. He that created alone can deliver. Alves, M. It is the part of the Father to receive the highest and ultimate glory of the plan.II. But the word spiritual generally describes that which is produced by the Spirit of God. It belongs to Him to determine the benefits to be conferred, their nature and extent, and the degree in which every one, who is a saved object of the Redeemer's work; shall enjoy the blessing of that work.5. Alves, M. Do not let us grumble, or be unthankful at all; but I suppose that every man feels that there is something in his temporal lot that gives him dissatisfaction. It is His prerogative to provide the means.3. He has chosen you to be the objects of His eternal, sovereign, pure, and holy love.2. Our condition as fallen creatures is cursed; the vengeance of a violated law is suspended over us; and the original malady, spreading like a poison through all the members of our race, and through all the fountains of our being, hath laid us under the law of the curse; so that death must feed upon us, and sin and Satan have triumphed over us, because we are cursed. He who has received a part may be sure of the whole. Be not unduly afraid of them. Paradise was once "the heavenlies." AFTER REVIEWING ALL THESE PRICELESS BLESSINGS, THE EXULTANT BELIEVER SHOUTS — "Thanks be unto God who always causeth us to triumph in Christ!" (5)This should stir up our hearts heavenward. In mind and heart, character and conduct, Christians are like Christ. This relation is also indissoluble. Our Heavenly Father's blessings in Christ Jesus will never wither, nor leave us. I remember when Mary and I were first married, we bought our first color TV so we could watch the Wizard of Oz in color. Foster, M. A.Blessings given in, and obtained by Christ, for all true believers. He would like a little more bodily health and strength; he would like a little more money — everybody would, or nearly everybody I have met with, when he is honest; and this and that we should like to have. A very high and a very holy life. But be not ignorant of their devices. Our condition as fallen creatures is cursed; the vengeance of a violated law is suspended over us; and the original malady, spreading like a poison through all the members of our race, and through all the fountains of our being, hath laid us under the law of the curse; so that death must feed upon us, and sin and Satan have triumphed over us, because we are cursed. He who has received a part may be sure of the whole. Alves, M. A.The disciple — the true believer — stands to Christ in the relation of at once a faithful subject and a younger brother. Has Christ a "glorious body"? 1. The apostle begins with BLESSING; three times in the one verse does he use the same word: God is the blessed one who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places. He hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things; that it to say, spiritual heavenly blessings, as contrasted with the earthly and temporal blessings. Not its outer history of events merely, but its inmost history of spiritual experiences.IV. The Divine mind in eternity made the destiny one.II. Graham, D. D.)Spiritual blessingsH. But God above is the God and Father of Jesus Christ. How sweet is the wind that bloweth out of the airth where Christ is. (3)There the consummation of them is reserved. He hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things; that it to say, spiritual heavenly blessings, as contrasted with the earthly and temporal blessings. In the former of these senses the blessings of salvation would be extolled on the ground that they do not principally or mainly refer to the body and its necessities and wants, which are of a lower and more earthly character, but to the soul or spirit, which is the nobler pair of us, and whose wants and necessities are of a vastly higher order. To impress on us the entirely heavenly origin of the whole system of Christianity.2. God, being his Father, becomes our Father; for "we are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:26). None of them had been wasted. Nay, suppose you could claim with the sovereign a connection of only a very distant sort, through some one intermediate between you width whom you are more nearly connected, and that you desired for some purpose to engage the sovereign's interest in your behalf, would not the fact of such a connection at once embolden you in your errand, and form a prevailing motive on the part of the sovereign to admit you into his presence, and grant your request? THE FIRST BLESSING IS DELIVERANCE FROM THE DEADLY CURSE WHICH SIN ENTAILS. It is the office of the Father to devise the plan.2. He impress on us the fact, that the blessings of this great redemption cannot be enjoyed as the reward of human merit.3. Paradise was once "the heavenlies." (2)We must strive to attain closer communion with Christ. A. In Christ, we have redemption from our sins. As the result of His thus quickening you together with Christ, and raising you up together, God makes you sit together at His own right hand.III. What can this movement mean, but the history of the Church? His blessedness and ours are the same. I am pained with wondering at new opened treasures in Christ. As the result of His thus quickening you together with Christ, and raising you up together, God makes you sit together at His own right hand.III. Orme. has He an incorruptible kingdom? Now, friends, there are some earthly temporal blessings with which God does not bless. He who has received a part may be sure of the whole. I am pained with wondering at new opened treasures in Christ. Alves, M. D.When Paul wrote this Epistle, five and twenty or thirty years had passed by since Christ appeared to him near Damascus. Foster, M. He is the ocean source from which all blessings flow, and the ocean home to which all holy and blessed creatures must return with their songs of gratitude and praise. "The glory which Thou hast given Me, I have given them" The kingdom of the Incarnation is a universality. When God made the covenant with Abraham which gave to him the land of Canaan, Abraham had not yet a foot of land that he could call his own, and when he died he only possessed a cave for burial; but yet, in truth, according to the decrees of heaven, the land of Canaan belonged to Abraham and his seed; forbad not the Lord said, "Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates"? L. Cuyler, D. D.)Spiritual blessings in ChristJohn Pulsford.There is a blessing from God in the health of our bodies and in the comforts of our homes, in the bounty of the seasons and the variety of our pleasures; but believers in Christ tenderly and adoringly acknowledge far other blessings than these. Cities, empires, the solid earth itself, sun and stars, had for him no enduring reality. And so God gives them all, and with a right royally liberal hand.(H. L. Cuyler, D. D.)Spiritual blessings in ChristJohn Pulsford.There is a blessing from God in the health of our bodies and in the comforts of our homes, in the bounty of the seasons and the variety of our pleasures; but believers in Christ tenderly and adoringly acknowledge far other blessings than these. Even now it is the temple of the Holy Ghost; and, as affected directly or indirectly by His indwelling presence, it is less or more a spiritual body. He is the Blessed God, because He is the universal Blesser.II. That this is not a mere idea, or one that has no practical significance, might be shown from the most familiar experiences in life. S. Candlish, D. D.The key word of this Epistle. He is the ocean source from which all blessings flow, and the ocean home to which all holy and blessed creatures must return with their songs of gratitude and praise. The peace of God which passeth comprehension shall guard your hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus. S. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." With interest wound up to the highest pitch, they watched the experiment of the garden. X. One evening, after a peculiarly hard day, the husband called his wife into his darkened room, where he was lying with his eyes bandaged, and said to her, as she sat down by him dejected and complaining, "My dear, suppose we try together to make out a complete list of our mercies." W. Dale, LL. Andrew Eckert. He is the Father's Eternal Son. But God above is the God and Father of Jesus Christ. Brown. But be not ignorant of their devices. I am pained with wondering at new opened treasures in Christ. Holy angels look on and sympathise, and rejoice to see the manifold wisdom of God. BUT WHAT ARE THOSE SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS WITH WHICH HE HAS BLESSED US? They comfort us, much as the gourd did Jonah: but there is a worm at the root of them all. Happiness beyond the reach of outside disturbance is assured to the believer, and harmony with God.VI. The holy inmates of heaven see, as it were, a dramatic movement, illustrating the manifold wisdom of God. In mind and heart, character and conduct, Christians are like Christ. (2)We must strive to attain closer communion with Christ. (1)To Christ, then, we must give praise for all we have received. He is God's Christ. But be not ignorant of their devices. (Paul Bayne. The idea is a comprehensive one; it being evidently intended not merely to indicate a diversity or multiplicity of blessings which, as believers, we receive from God, but also to denote the totality of such blessings in a single word. 3. They had been very wonderful years. "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God," etc. )Origin and nature of redemptionW. The blessing of God even the Father has fallen from all eternity upon all who are in Christ, and that in the most copious manner, for the one blessing includes "all spiritual blessings." Ephesians 1:3-6. The elect are those who are "in Christ"; being in Him they enter into the possession of those eternal blessings which before the foundation of the world it was God's purpose to confer upon all Christians. Oh that I had help to praise Him.(Rutherford. And so God gives them all, and with a right royally liberal hand.(H. X. (James Stalker, M. On the one hand, is it not an animating and spirit stirring thought that you live your spiritual life as forming part of that great Divine drama by means of which, through the Church, the holy principalities and powers have male known to them in the heavenlies the manifold wisdom of God? Now, all the spiritual blessings which belong to the heavenly estate at this moment are the property of the heirs of heaven, and God hath said to each one el them, "Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it.". The heavenlies, however, were again set up on the earth. You have redemption.5. He is their God, and they are His people; their Creator, King, and Preserver, whom they are bound to worship and obey. Alves, M. He is the Father's Eternal Son. Foster, M. A.Blessings given in, and obtained by Christ, for all true believers. Heaven (Romans 6).(H. With interest wound up to the highest pitch, they watched the experiment of the garden. L. Cuyler, D. D.I. The holy inmates of heaven see, as it were, a dramatic movement, illustrating the manifold wisdom of God. One evening, after a peculiarly hard day, the husband called his wife into his darkened room, where he was lying with his eyes bandaged, and said to her, as she sat down by him dejected and complaining, "My dear, suppose we try together to make out a complete list of our mercies." Do you not consider that the relatives of those who are related to you are from this very circumstance rendered accessible at all times, and more particularly when any emergency arises, and you need their help? Whatever perfection of righteousness, whatever depth of peace, whatever intensity of joy, whatever fulness of Divine knowledge reveal the power of the Spirit of God in the spiritual life of man, "every spiritual blessing" has been made ours in Christ.3. 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