October 14, 2016

Beauty, position and blessings by Gary Rose

Admittedly, it was the fancy font that first caught my attention, but I must admit I DO like the seal (especially after I adjusted the color so that I could see it properly). Then my attention focused on the text of the picture and lastly on the context (which is listed below).

Ephesians, Chapter 1 (WEB)
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love 5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,  6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,  8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,  9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him  10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him 11 We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,  12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.  13 In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,  14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.


And that context emphasized the preposition "in", so I underlined it to reflect the train of thought.  What does the word mean, anyway? Well, "in" is what I will call a locater word;it shows position and location. In this case, Jesus, The Holy Spirit and God the father.  If you are a Christian, the you are "in", and if not, then you are logically not in (in other words, outside The Godhead).
If you have some time, just read the passage a few times and I think you will readily see the advantages of being "IN".  Now, that I think about it, that "seal" in the picture looks a lot like a ribbon given to winners. Be one, be in Christ and be blessed!!!   

Your friend,

Gary

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