John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all had a share and were all supplied with, one Grace after another and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing and even favor upon favor and gift heaped upon Gift. For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
This unearned, undeserved favor and Spiritual Blessing came by and through Grace. We weren't required to perform sacrifices or certain rituals, in order to earn or deserve God's favor. It was and is Grace and Grace alone, was the only requirement for this new covenant and Blessing. This Truth hasn't been seen by many in the Body of Christ. The above scripture tells us that, "We all have a share and were all supplied with the Grace, Spiritual Blessing, favor and Gift of the Lord Jesus.
We've misunderstood much of what Truth has said to us, by our own carnal minded thinking. There was and is, nothing left for the child of God to do, in order to deserve all that came through Jesus. We must only believe and act upon it. We've misunderstood so much about the righteousness of God to the Spiritual Blessing that God Promised and has now given to whosoever would believe in Jesus Christ. These Spiritual Blessings have now been deposited in the very spirit of the child of God, when we received Jesus as our Lord and Savior. When you were born-again, the Holy Spirit brought the Life of God Himself into your once dead spirit. This is the Very Life of God indwelling and dwelling within our new living spirit, according to 1Corinthians 6:19 (Amplified) which says, "Do you not know that your body is the Temple, the very Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received as a Gift from God? You are not your own."
John 1:16-17 speaks about "Gift heaped upon Gift" and we see in 1Corinthians 6:19 that one of these Gifts (and the most important Gifts) is the Gift of the Holy Spirit Himself. The Spirit of God now dwells within the body and spirit of the believe, giving us access to the Spiritual Blessings we read about in John 1:16-17.
Many of these Gifts, Spiritual Blessings, favors and Grace have been overlooked. Even though we have all received, all had a share and were all supplied with these Blessings, many have failed to appropriate and apply these Truths in our lives. Paul lists many of these Spiritual Blessings in Romans 5:1 (Amplified) so that we might enjoy and know them. Thus, he says, "Therefore, Since we are justified, acquitted, declared righteous and given a right standing with God through faith, let us grasp the fact that we have the peace of reconciliation to hold and to enjoy, peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). Through Him also we have our access, (entrance, introduction) by faith into this Grace, state of God's favor in which we firmly and safely stand, and let us rejoice and exalt in our hope of experiencing and enjoying the Glory of God."
These Gifts, Spiritual Blessings, favors and Truths are now indwelling in and infused with your born-again spirit. We've been taught that most of what Jesus did for us, is for "when we die and get to Heaven," so we haven't applied these Spiritual Gifts from the Father for our lives here on earth. The things Paul listed in Romans 5:1 are all Spiritual Blessings that could only come upon those on the earth, by their being born-again and raised into a new creation child of God through Jesus. God couldn't infuse these Spiritual Blessings into the spirit of the unsaved, dead spirit of natural man.
We read more about these Spiritual Blessings, favors and Gifts we've all been given, supplied with and had a share in when we're born-again in Jesus Christ, in 1Corinthians 1:30 (Amplified) which says, "But it is from Him that you have your Life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, revealed to us a knowledge of the Divine Plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as our righteousness, thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God, and our Consecration, making us pure and holy, and our Redemption, providing our Ransom from eternal penalty for sin."
We've accepted that we are forgiven from sin and are saved, but we're not really certain of that at times. We remain afraid that some of the things we did before being saved, still hang over us. When we read the above scriptures through the Wisdom of the Holy Spirit, we see what Jesus truly accomplished for us. It's not "some who receive," like the world teaches, but we have all received, all had a share in, and were all supplied with one Grace after another. How many types and different uses of Grace, does "one Grace after another" mean? How many kinds of Spiritual Blessings upon Spiritual Blessings are we supplied with? Every favor upon favor is ours through Jesus, here in this realm of life. Every Grace after another is ours through Jesus, here in this realm of life. Every Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing is ours through Jesus, here in this realm of life. All these things---righteousness, consecration, sanctification, redemption, Wisdom, purity, holiness, peace with God, knowledge previously hidden, our very Life in Him---all these Spiritual Gifts have been given to those in Christ Jesus. We have all been given and supplied with and have a share in these things, through Jesus. And, we are all with God, in Christ.
1Corinthians 1:30 (Amplified) tells us, "Whom God made our Wisdom from God, Jesus." Paul makes the distinction between those who are using these Spiritual Blessings (especially Wisdom and knowledge in the Holy Spirit) in 1Corinthians 2:13 (Amplified) saying, "And we are setting these Truths forth in Words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Holy Spirit, combining and interpreting Spiritual truth with Spiritual language, to those who possess the Holy Spirit."
Although we have all been supplied with, and all have a share in, and all have received, not everyone will draw from the Spiritual Blessings that are ours through Jesus. Many still read the Word through the carnal, unrenewed mind and will not accept the Spiritual Blessings of righteousness, holiness, purity, sanctification, redemption, Wisdom and even entrance into God's Presence, by Truth in Jesus. These things are Gifts, Spiritual Blessings, favor, different Graces and Truths, that come in and through our union with Jesus at the new birth.
These are unearned, undeserved Grace, favor, Spiritual Blessings and Truths that came through Jesus. We all have a share, all were given and all supplied with these things, because we were all dead in trespass and sin. None of us deserved or can earn any of the things God poured out onto those who would believe, because all had sinned. Romans 3:23-24 (Amplified) says, "Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and Glory which God bestows and receives. All are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His Grace (His unmerited favor and mercy, through the Redemption which is provided in Christ Jesus."
These Spiritual Blessings could only come upon those who were created new by the Sacrifice of Jesus. These Spiritual Blessings have been given to those who were made alive by His Holy Spirit and receive Spiritual Blessings within our new creation spirit. Our old spirit was dead in sin and could never receive these. This is only one aspect of God's Grace in our lives. It's an open door into fellowship with Him by the Gifts of Wisdom, understanding and the mind of the Spirit of God Who now lives in and through us.
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