Spiritual Blessings
“Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who
hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in
Christ." -EPHESIANS
1:3 [KJV]
Many
think that spiritual blessings are held in reserve for those who
plead with God for them. They acknowledge He has a storehouse of
gifts, but the distribution of those blessings they believe to be
conditioned upon the willingness of sinners to request and accept
them. It is clear, however, that God has already blessed a chosen
people with all benefits in Christ. They are not kept from men
because of non-request; they already belong to the children of God.
Nothing pertaining to eternal salvation is given because sinners beg
God. His greatest gift was His own Son, and God did not send Him in
response to men pleading for a Savior.
The
"unspeakable Gift"
was unasked for, and when He did come, He was unwanted [II
CORINTHIANS 9:15 ; ISAIAH 53:3]. He was sent according to the
eternal purpose of God to save a people by His sacrifice on the
cross. God gives freely, making those to whom He gives thankful to be
the recipients, and His gifts never go unclaimed. Rather than the
Lord giving because we ask, He gives in spite of not being asked and
in spite of our rebellion, enmity and unbelief. Furthermore, not only
does God give unnumbered blessings on His own initiative, He gives
with no condition to be met on our part. There are no laws to be
kept, no rules to be followed, nothing to be given Him in exchange.
Salvation is by grace alone through Christ alone.
-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd
Thirteenth
Street Baptist church of Ashland, Kentucky USA
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