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Ephesians 1:11 - Predestinated

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Ephesians 1:11 - Predestinated
February 08, 2008 06:54AM
v 11 "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}

When Jesus gave Himself for us, He gave us all the rights and privileges which went with Himself. You have no right to heaven in yourself, your rights lie in Christ Jesus. If you are pardoned, it is through His blood, if you are justified, it is through His righteousness, if you are sanctified, it is because He is sanctified, if you are kept from falling, it will be because you are preserved in Christ Jesus

Thus Jesus is magnified for all is in Him and by Him, thus the inheritance is made certain for us for it is obtained by and in Him. Thus it is that each blessing is sweeter and even heaven itself is brighter because it is Jesus our Beloved "in whom" we have obtained all in all. All the glorious consequences of His obedience unto death are the riches of us all who are in Him and on whose behalf He accomplished His Fathers divine will.

He, Jesus, enters into glory but not for Himself alone for it is written in Hebrews 6:20 "Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.” and Hebrews 9:24 “For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:”.
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