Scripture teaches that Jesus has fulfilled all the covenant promises by His death and resurrection (2 Cor. 1:20). He has secured the everlasting inheritance promised to Abraham (Gen. 12:1–3; Matt. 5:5; Rom. 4:13). The Apostle Paul makes clear that believers are co-heirs with Abraham on account of the finished work of Christ (Gal. 3:8, 9, 14, 29). Jesus secured the new heavens and new earth for those who would believe in Him (Isa. 65:17; 2 Peter 3:13; Rev. 21:5). Christ purchased the Holy Spirit for His people when He hung on the cross. The Spirit is everywhere called “the promise” in the Bible (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4; 2:33, 39; Gal. 3:14; Eph. 1:13; 3:6), since Christ promised to send Him to His people as the guarantee of their inheritance (Eph. 1:11–14). Accordingly, each and every true believer has been blessed “with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” in Christ (Eph. 1:3). There is no greater or more personally meaningful blessing than that which Christ has already bestowed on His people. May God give us the grace to meditate on that blessing continually and live joyfully in light of it all the days of our lives.
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