Message from Scripture: 10/29/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today comes from Eph. 1:7-8; “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he richly poured out on us with all wisdom and understanding.”

 

When you consider how God blesses us, we realize He doesn’t skimp, or is miserly in what He offers, but provides us everything we need in abundance. In this passage, Paul speaks of how God has given His grace to us richly, fully, and complete. The term for riches can be used of material things, such as land or money, but here it is used of those spiritual blessings God provides so freely to us.

 

True riches, true wealth, is not in material things but are, as Paul writes here, in the spiritual. As Paul writes, our forgiveness is “according to the riches of His grace.” God has not given “out of” His riches, as if there is a limited amount available, but according to, or dictated by, His riches. Because of His great love for us, He richly offers all things we need to have life in Him. As Paul said in Eph. 1:3, we have every spiritual blessing in Christ provided for us, that we can experience and live in the fulness of life Christ offers.

 

It is an awesome thought to consider, though we have sinned and fall short of His glory (Rom. 3:23), we have everything we need to have an abundant life in Christ (John 10:10). His love, grace, mercy, peace, and all else essential to spiritual living, is always ours in Christ. If we will but yield our lives to Him, we have all we need, freely provided in the Son.

 

Life is always filled with its trials and tribulations, but our God is more than adequate to offer us the riches of His grace to cover our sins by Christ’s blood, and provide every blessing needed to live faithfully for Him. May we go out to serve our Lord and Savior, knowing what He provides us fully and completely. God bless.

 

Robert