Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ephesians 1:3
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3. The doxologies in almost all the Epistles imply the real sense of grace experienced by the writers and their readers ( 1 Peter 1:3 ). 1 Peter 1:3- : sets forth summarily the Gospel of the grace of God: the FATHER'S work of love, 1 Peter 1:3- : (choosing us to holiness, 1 Peter 1:3- : ; to sonship, Ephesians 1:5 ; to acceptance, Ephesians 1:6 ): the SON'S, Ephesians 1:6- : ( redemption, Ephesians 1:7 ; knowledge of the mystery of His will, Ephesians 1:7- : ; an inheritance, Ephesians 1:7- : ); the HOLY SPIRIT'S, Ephesians 1:7- : ( sealing, Ephesians 1:13 ; giving an earnest of the inheritance, Ephesians 1:13- : ). the God and Father of . . . Christ —and so the God and Father of us who are in Him ( Ephesians 1:13- : ). God is "the God" of the man Jesus, and "the Father" of the Divine Word. The Greek is, " Blessed us," not "hath blessed us"; referring to the past original counsel of God. As in creation ( Ephesians 1:13- : ) so in redemption ( Genesis 12:3 ; Matthew 5:3-11 ; Matthew 25:34 ) God "blesses" His children; and that not in mere words, but in acts. us —all Christians. blessings — Greek, "blessing." "All," that is, " every possible blessing for time and eternity, which the Spirit has to bestow" (so "spiritual" means; not "spiritual," as the term is now used, as opposed to bodily ). in heavenly places —a phrase five times found in this Epistle, and not elsewhere ( Ephesians 1:20 ; Ephesians 2:6 ; Ephesians 3:10 ; Ephesians 6:12 ); Greek, "in the heavenly places." Christ's ascension is the means of introducing us into the heavenly places, which by our sin were barred against us. Compare the change made by Christ ( Colossians 1:20 ; Ephesians 1:20 ). While Christ in the flesh was in the form of a servant, God's people could not realize fully their heavenly privileges as sons. Now "our citizenship ( Greek ) is in heaven" ( Ephesians 1:20- : ), where our High Priest is ever "blessing" us. Our "treasures" are there ( Matthew 6:20 ; Matthew 6:21 ); our aims and affections ( Colossians 3:1 ; Colossians 3:2 ); our hope ( Colossians 1:5 ; Titus 2:13 ); our inheritance ( 1 Peter 1:4 ). The gift of the Spirit itself, the source of the "spiritual blessing," is by virtue of Jesus having ascended thither ( 1 Peter 1:4- : ). in Christ —the center and source of all blessing to us. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
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