Every Spiritual Blessing

Ephesians 1:3 (ESV Strong's)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

In Christ we receive every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, for the fullness of God is pleased to dwell in Him and in us. Heaven is the home of light and Jesus brings that light into the world. 

We have been blessed with the blessing of heaven’s life in earthly places, that is the flesh of man. Mankind is unique in that the fullness of heaven and earth can reside in each one of us. Even the angels long to experience this wonder and gift. 

Two Generations

Genesis 2:4 (ESV Strong's)

These are the generations

of the heavens and the earth when they were created,

in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

The generations of the earth differ from the generations of the heavens and earth. The breath of God is the difference. 

Did Not Know

Judges 2:10 (ESV Strong's)

And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.

What one generation forgets, the next generation does not know. Pass it on. 

Gave Himself Up

Ephesians 5:1-2 (ESV Strong's)

1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

To genuinely and sincerely imitate God as His beloved children, we must love. This means receiving His love, which is the word of creation, and being that love.

When we “put on Christ”, we become His beloved children. We imitate Christ as we begin our transformation into the image of God. 

This takes place as we give ourselves to God and those around us, sacrificing self to others for Him. That love is one and the same, the image of God. 

Receiving The Word

Ephesians 4:13 (ESV Strong's)

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

When we receive the word, we begin being made in the image of God who is Christ. This is the work of the Holy Spirit who forms the Bride of Christ. 

This is the seed that falls on good earth and takes root and flourishes with the fruit of the Spirit. 

Light And Darkness

Isaiah 45:7 (ESV Strong's)

I form light and create darkness,

I make well-being and create calamity,

I am the Lord, who does all these things.

He tells us this in the first verse of Genesis when He “created heaven and earth.” When He entered the flesh of mankind, He was the light of the world who revealed the darkness of man. The light of heaven reveals the absence of light in man.

All things work to the good for those who love the Lord, for He will reward those who overcome the world; who separate from the darkness and come into His light. 

He is the Lord and is doing these things. He knows His plans for us, and they are for our good and His glory. 

The Marks

Galatians 6:17 (ESV Strong's)

From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

Anyone who has died to Christ bears the mark of the Lord. We are circumcised in the heart by the Holy Spirit.