Last night, I was sharing with some brothers and sisters in Christ that when we sold our home in Asheville, I was packing, going through old files, etc. I stumbled across some letters my father had written me while I was single, going through some difficult times.
So I just happened to open one of them and my Dad had written, “you are spoken well of in the heavenly places.” Of course anyone who reads that would tear up – especially when you didn’t think (which I did at that time) well of yourself!
It’s amazing – the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His sacrificial work has secured forever that when we are in Him, we are not only spoken well of in the highest heavens, but are actually seated with Him in lavished royalty, acceptance, honor, grace, mercy, love, and kindness.
We, as a group, are studying together, the book of Ephesians. Here in Cuenca, they have the Andes mountains called the “Cajas.” Talk about heights! Ephesians is the “Cajas” of the New Testament. The heights of what Christ has accomplished for mankind and bestowed on us as a gift of God, is beyond our human comprehension. It takes the Holy Spirit of God to unfold the incredible magnitude and riches of His grace.
“That in the ages to come, He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2
I need every bit of spiritual wisdom and understanding God is willing to dish out. And according to the Scriptures, He gives it freely and joyfully. Oh may we like Paul, the Apostle understand the knowledge of the mystery of Christ – the length, the breadth, the height, and the length of what God has done in Christ Jesus for us. Ephesians 3
“Mercy there was great and grace was free – pardon there was multiplied to me – there my burdened heart found liberty…at Calvary!”
The cross of Jesus Christ is LOVE beyond degree. Our understanding of His work will do more than we have ever dreamed, if we indeed open our hearts to Him to fill it with TRUTH so sweet.
In Him,
Sue Gaither
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