WE ARE BLESSED
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We are blessed because God has...
We are blessed because God has...
Qualified us to share in the inheritance
Qualified us to share in the inheritance
qualified
qualified
only God can determine who will be His heirs.
why were we disqualified? we ran according to our own rules. We gave in to the flesh. We sin and that disqualifies us for our inheritance.
we can disqualify ourselves even today 1 Cor. 9:24-27
inheritance
inheritance
laid up in heaven 1:5 reserved in heaven for you 1 Pet. 1:4
1 Pet. 1:4
imperishable - will not decay, rust, or fall apart
undefiled - it is pure, perfect, and pristine. our inheritance is nothing like anything here on earth. Even the most perfect diamond in the world has a flaw. Christ is holy, innocent, undefiled, and separated from sinners and so is the inheritance that Jesus has qualified us for
For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;
will not fade away - excitement that never fades, beauty that never fades or gets old. value that never depreciates.
reserved in heaven - being kept in heaven with your name on it. No person or thing can take your spot away from you. The only way you can loose it is if you turn from Christ and go back to living in the flesh.
when we understand and value the glory that awaits, we are better equipped to endure whatever life throws our way. we can give thanks and give praise even in the most difficult of moments because of what God has done through Jesus for us.
Rescued us from the domain of darkness
Rescued us from the domain of darkness
delivered - rescued us form danger. danger from what you may ask? we were in danger of spending an eternity apart from God. we were in danger of being consumed by God’s wrath. The sword of God’s judgment was hanging over our heads Rom. 5:9
Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
darkness - what is meant by darkness
ignorance
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
“This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.
Sin
“For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
“But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief;
for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;
influence of false teachers
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
darkness has the power to deceive
These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.
For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error,
promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved.
But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
darkness has the power to dominate
darkness has the power to destroy Rom. 6:23
we could not deliver ourselves from the guilt & penalty of sin. Only god could. and he did that through His Son
Transferred us to His son’s kingdom
Transferred us to His son’s kingdom
transferred us - he moved us from place to another I think it is important to understand that he moved us from one kingdom to another. You are in a kingdom whether you want to be or not. You are in the kingdom of satan and darkness or you are in the kingdom of jesus and light. Paul would say it this way
Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?
But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,
and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
when we were in darkness we were in a loveless, hopeless, & deathly place but when you are in Christ you have been moved to a place of love, hope, and life.
Redeemed us and forgave us
Redeemed us and forgave us
redeemed us - has deep O.T. roots and find its meaning in those roots. in the O.T. god delivered His people from their bondage. We were delivered from sin and its penalty (death/ separation from God for all eternity/ wrath)
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
forgave us - released us from the debt which we owed God. Our sin made us come short of God’s demands. Without Jesus and his blood we hopelessly in debt to God’s righteous judgment but through Christ God has
Qualified us to share in the inheritance
Delivered us from the domain of darkness
Transferred us to His Son’s kingdom
Redeemed us and forgave us
YES WE ARE BLESSED
For that reason we can face anything the world can toss our way. we don’t have to worry and be filled with anxiety, and be depressed.
We have reason everyday to rejoice and be thankful
we should walk in a worthy manner…bear fruit