Lesson 3: The Fifteen Spiritual Blessings That Are In The Book Of Ephesians

Lesson 3      The Fifteen Spiritual Blessings that are in the book of Ephesians

Ephesians 1:3 (KJV)
³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

    Paul spent three years at Ephesus.   Paul is writing this book from prison.   Ephesians is one of the four books that are called the “Prison Epistles” (Ephesians, Philemon, Philippians, and Colossians) that the Apostle Paul wrote while in prison.  Some call this epistle “the summit of revealed truth” and Dr. A.T. Pierson spoke of it as “Paul’s Third Heaven Epistle” for it soars from the depths of our sins to the heights of our redemption.

     Paul is in bonds in the flesh, but the Spirit of God has taken his thinking and control of pen to speak of the blessing of the believer in Christ.  Paul sits down to write and maybe, Paul remembers the wealth of Ephesus.  Ephesus was one of the five most important cities of the Ancient World of its day.  Ephesus is a large city with a population of about 350,000, with a banking system, Library, Theater and even public bathroom with a sewer system. 

    Paul writes to them about the great wealth they have by being “IN CHRIST”.

Someone called these fifteen spiritual blessing the “fifteen jewels of grace”

The first Jewel is “chosen” in Christ  -  His Possession

 Ephesians 1:4 (KJV) ⁴ According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Ephesians 1:14 (KJV)
¹⁴ Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

The Second Jewel is “holy”  in Christ?? V4 -  His Purity  1 Peter 1:16 (KJV)
¹⁶ Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (KJV)
²¹ For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

The Third Jewel is “without blame” in Christ v4 - His Promise

2 Peter 3:14 (KJV)
¹⁴ Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 (KJV)
²³ And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

ABC - The Blood of Christ

ABC - The Blood of Christ

ABC

The Blood of Christ

Atones for the soul of man

Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Brings us into the covenant of Grace

Matthew 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Cleanses us from all sin

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Delivers God’s people form judgment

Exodus 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

Everlasting in its value

Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

Furnishes the only ground of peace with God

Colossians 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

Gives us access into his presence

Hebrews 10:19-21 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God;

Has already obtained for us Redemption

Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Impart eternal life

John 6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Justifies us in the sight of God

Romans 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

Keeps us in the Holy of Holies

Hebrews 9:22-26 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 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: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Links us to God’s Electing purpose

1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Makes us nigh to God

Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Nerve needs to be offered again

Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Overcomes the power of Satan

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Purchases us Paid in full

Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Quenches the righteous Wrath of God

Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Redeems us from our state of ruin

1 Peter 1:18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

Speaks to God and to us of Salvation

Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Tunes the voices of the Saints in holy song

Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

Unites us in Christian communion

1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

Victorious over Tribulation

Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Washes us form every stain

Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

X out our sins

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Yields the price that bought the church

Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Zealous of good works, makes us

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, ze