BLESSINGS

So many of life’s little blessings today will come unnoticed and slip away.
While we continue to grumble and fuss,
Ignoring the God who gave them to us.
How much happier our lives would be,
If instead of complaining, we’d stop and see The numerous blessings He gives us each day, Which lighten our burdens and brighten our way.


FULLNESS OF BLESSING


“And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ.” (Romans 15:29)


One beautiful characteristic of life in Christ is its fullness. Jesus Christ Himself is “the fullness of Him that fills all in all.” (Ephesians 1:23), and He does everything to the fullest! When He fed the multitude, there were twelve baskets left over (John 6:13); when He brought in the miraculous catch of fishes, the nets were so full that they broke, and the boats so full they began to sink (Luke 5:6,7).

First of all, He gives fullness of grace. “And of His fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.” (John 1:16). Then comes fullness of joy and peace: “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full” (John 15:11). “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing” (Romans 15:13).

It is then possible to be “filled with the Spirit... making melody in your heart to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:18,19). Not only does the Holy Spirit indwell us, but so do the Father and the Son. Jesus said, “If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him” (John 14:23). In this way, the triune Godhead indwells us, and thereby we “know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that we might be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:19).

All the fullness of God! In Jesus Christ “dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And you are complete in Him” (Colossians 2:9,10). “For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell” (Colossians 1:19). With the resources of such fullness of blessing available to us, we should be constantly growing “unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13).



THE BLESSING OF THE CHURCH

READ: Ephesians 3:1-7

Are you blessed today?

I. IN THE CHURCH WE ARE FELLOW HEIRS. Eph. 3:6
A. We have a blessing in being fellow heirs.
B. Paul points out that Gentiles are going to be
fellow heirs with the Jews.

II. IN THE CHURCH WE ARE FELLOW MEMBERS. Eph. 3:6
A. We have a special blessing in being fellow
members of the church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
B. As fellow members of the church we should know
each other well.

III. IN THE CHURCH WE ARE FELLOW PARTAKERS. Eph. 3:6
A. We have a special blessing in being fellow
partakers of the promise in Jesus Christ through
the Gospel.
B. As fellow partakers we should renew the Gospel in
our minds each time we meet together.

IV. IN THE CHURCH WE ARE FELLOW CITIZENS. Eph. 2:19
A. We have a special blessing in being fellow
citizens.
B. As fellow citizens we need to make sure our name
is in the record book of the city to which we are
going to settle down for all eternity.

V. IN THE CHURCH WE ARE FELLOW LABORERS. Phil. 4:3
A. We have a special blessing of being fellow
laborers.
B. As fellow laborers we are not all asked to do the
same thing.

VI. IN THE CHURCH WE ARE FELLOW SOLDIERS. Phil. 2:25
A. We have a special blessing in that we are not in
the battle alone.
B. With our being fellow soldiers let us remember to
fight together.