In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated
according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his
own will (Ephesians 1:11).
To some others, all they know is that He came to “deliver” us from Satan
and the forces of darkness. Again, that’s not the reason He came. How could He
have come, lived and died, just to save us from sin and the devil? He came to
do much more. Yes, He saved us from sin. Yes, He delivered us from the devil,
and the wickedness that’s in the world, but all that were a means to an end.
The Bible says, “And He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in to
give us the land which He swore to give our fathers” (Deuteronomy 6:23 AMP).
In the foregoing scripture, there’re three important points to note.
First, is that “He brought us out”; second, is the reason He brought us
out—it’s so that He might “bring us in.” The third is the ultimate purpose,
which is “to give us the land.” The whole idea wasn’t about bringing us out. He
saved us, not so we could flee from the devil, but for a purpose—to bring us
into something—our place in Christ; our inheritance in Him.
In Acts 26:18, Paul the Apostle narrated how the Lord Jesus sent him to
the Gentiles, “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and
from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins,
and inheritance....” When you come to Christ, you not only receive remission or
the removal of sin, you receive an inheritance: “In whom also we have obtained
an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh
all things after the counsel of his own will” (Ephesians 1:11).
No Christian ought to be broke or poor. The Bible says we’re joint-heirs
with Christ (Romans 8:17). A Christian may call himself poor, and may go
without, but that doesn’t make him poor; he’s only ignorant of what belongs to
him. God’s plan is to make you and Christ one; that’s His purpose, and He’s
already done it.
CONFESSION: Jesus came that I might have life, and have it to the full.
Now, I’m a partaker of the God-life! Blessed be God! My life is the expression
and demonstration of God’s glory and righteousness, the testimony of His grace
and love, and the revelation of His perfection. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: Ephesians 1:3-11
2 Peter 2:2-4 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of
whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall
they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long
time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 4 For if God spared not
the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Luke
14:25-15:1-10, Judges 19-21
2 YEAR BIBLEREADING
2 YEAR BIBLE
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