Spoiled! (2)

God has offered us time and time again stories that help us better understand how it is that we come to be Spoiled. We will consider stories from the Old Testament that will help build a theology of being Spoiled so that when we come to the passage that speak to how we have been spoiled, we will be able to comprehend its robust and deep glory!

In these stories you will see how slavery to sin and being attack by the enemy not only results in victory but also with being Spoiled.

I. Abraham Spoiled. (Genesis 12:10-20)

Genesis 12:10–20 NASB95

10 Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman; 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 “Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you.” 14 It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels. 17 But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 “Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go.” 20 Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.

II. Israel Spoiled (Exodus 12:33-41)

Exodus 12:33–41 NASB95

33 The Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We will all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders. 35 Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; 36 and the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have their request. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. 37 Now the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children. 38 A mixed multitude also went up with them, along with flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock. 39 They baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had not become leavened, since they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves. 40 Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

III. The Spoils of Christ (Mark 3:27)

Mark 3:27 NASB95

27 “But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

Every time God delivers His people from the bondage of sin and defeats our enemies, He provides them with spoils. He blesses them with every spiritual blessings that will establish them in their new life of freedom. These spoils are not earned or based on anything that we did, but give to us freely out of the God’s lovingkindness towards us. Christ enters into the strong man’s house and binds him, then he loots his house and leaves with spoils, namely his bride the Church. Then he lavishes on his bride all the blessings that she needs to afford the life that her husband provided for her to have.

IV. Christians Spoiled (Eph. 1:3-14)

Ephesians 1:3–14 (NASB95)

3 Blessed 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 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him 10 with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him 11 also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, 12 to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory. 13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.

This passage is a pretty exhaustive list of all the blessings that we receive in Christ. Going line by line will reveal the depth of love that is poured out upon from God the Father through Christ the Son. The implications of these blessings might be missed upon us but God has not left us in the dark or ignorant of how spoiled we are.

Every Spiritual Blessing: Spoiled in Christ

Made Holy and Blameless

Adopted as Sons

Redemption

Forgiveness

Special knowledge (Wisdom)

Inheritance

Holy Spirit

7 blessings which means it is complete.

Also 7 fruits of the Spirit.