In Christ
Revised August 8, 2007
Ephesians 1:3-9 Monte T. Brown
August 14, 2004 Sunday Night
First Baptist Riverton
September 02, 2007 Sunday Night
Heart O’ the Hills
Introduction
This evening we have come together to worship the Lord.
The reason that Christ enters the city of Jerusalem on Palm Sunday was to present himself as the perfect sacrifice for our sins.
He made this sacrifice so that we might be in him.
To be in him is truly a blessing and there are many blessings being in Christ.
Here is a brief list of some of the blessings for each Christian who is in Christ.
Stand with me this evening as we read from the Holy Scriptures.
Scripture
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 should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
[5] having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
[6] to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
[7] In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
[8] which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
[9] having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, Ephesians 1:3-9 (NKJV)
1. In Christ: We are Complete
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,
Ephesians 1:3 (NKJV)
We are blessed with all spiritual blessings.
2. In Christ: We are Chosen
Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of
the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before Him in love, Ephesians 1:4 (NKJV)
We covered this in the morning service and is worth
mentioning again this evening.
Because we are in Christ, we have been chosen to
stand before God as holy and without blame before
him in love.
3. In Christ: We are God’s Child
Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus
Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure
of His will, Ephesians 1:5 (NKJV)
We are his children and we should have those
characteristics that point to the fact that we are
His children.
4. In Christ: We are Confident
To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which
He has made us accepted in the Beloved. Ephesians
1:6 (NKJV)
We are confident because we have been "accepted in
the beloved."
5. In Christ: We are Cleansed
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His
grace. Ephesians 1:7 (NKJV)
We have been cleansed and his grace is upon us.
6. In Christ: We are wise in His Word
Which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and
prudence, Ephesians 1:8 (NKJV)
We are wise in his Word, not by osmosis but by
daily studying his Word and hiding his Word in our
hearts.
7. In Christ: We are to do His Will
Having made known to us the mystery of His will,
according to His good pleasure, which He purposed
in Himself, Ephesians 1:9 (NKJV)
The will of the Father is that we be Christ like,
which means we are to be disciples and disciple
makers.
