In
Christ
Jesus
- Ephesians
1:1-6
says:
Paul,
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ
by
the
will
of
God,
to
the
saints
which
are
at
Ephesus,
and
to
the
faithful
in
Christ
Jesus:
Grace
be
to
you,
and
peace,
from
God
our
Father,
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Blessed
be
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
hath
blessed
us
with
all
spiritual
blessings
in
heavenly
places
in
Christ:
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:
Having
predestinated
us
unto
the
adoption
of
children
by
Jesus
Christ
to
himself,
according
to
the
good
pleasure
of
his
will,
To
the
praise
of
the
glory
of
his
grace,
wherein
he
hath
made
us
accepted
in
the
beloved.
- The
first
thing
that
we
are
offered
here
is
Grace'and
peace
.
However,
there
are
lots
of
saved
people
who
do
not
have
these
gifts
from
God,
especially
they
do
not
have
peace
.
The
number
one
reason
that
they
don't
is
because
they
are
not
faithful
.
Notice
that
our
reference
only
offers
these
spiritual
gifts
to
the
faithful
in
Christ
Jesus
. - Next,
notice
that
these
blessings
are
offered
in
Christ
.
Christ
is
not
a
name
but
a
role
like
pastor
is
a
role.
Ephesians
5:31-32
tells
us
that
the
relationship
between
a
man
and
his
wife
is
a
picture
of
the
relationship
between
Christ
and
the
church.
A
man
can
be
married
but
not
enjoy
the
blessings
of
being
married
if
he
leaves
his
wife
or
even
if
he
just
refuses
to
maintain
a
good
relationship
with
her.
Likewise,
we
can
be
saved
and
lose
the
blessings
of
being
in
Christ
if
we
refuse
to
do
our
part
to
maintain
a
good
relationship
with
Christ
. - I
have
studied
every
place
that
the
Bible
uses
the
name
of
Christ
at
least
24
times
and
in
most
cases
over
50
times.
I
have
provided
written
evidence
of
my
conclusions
and,
while
many
say
that
they
disagree,
NO
ONE
has
shown
anything
to
dispute
my
conclusion
that
the
Bible
uses
Christ
for
the
role
and
relationship
that
brings
spiritual
maturity
after
initial
salvation.
Simply
put,
if
you
are
not
more
spiritually
mature
than
you
were
a
year
ago
then
you
are
not
in
Christ
even
if
you
are
saved.
You
cannot
expect
to
receive
the
blessings
which
are
only
given
to
people
who
are
in
Christ
.
For
a
simple
test,
when
disaster
hits
do
you
fret
or
does
God
give
you
peace
and
assurance
that
everything
is
going
according
to
His
plan? - Next,
notice
that
the
promise
that
we
will
be
blessed
us
with
all
spiritual
blessings
is
in
heavenly
places
.
While
God
does
bless
His
people
here,
those
blessings
will
be
lost
when
we
die.
However,
the
blessings
that
wait
for
us
in
heavenly
places
can
never
be
stolen.
Therefore,
we
might
not
see
a
lot
of
blessings
in
this
life
but
we
can
anticipate
great
eternal
rewards
through
true
Biblical
faith. - Next
notice
the
phrase
wherein
he
hath
made
us
accepted
in
the
beloved
at
the
end
of
our
reference.
It
is
one
thing
to
be
a
child
of
God
but
it
is
something
more
for
our
attitudes
and
actions
to
be
accepted
by
God.
The
word
wherein
means
'when
we
are
in
Christ'
and
that
is
only
when
we
are
letting
Christ
cause
us
to
spiritually
mature.
The
opposite
side
of
being
accepted
is
being
one
of
the
children
of
wrath
,
who
are
described
in
Ephesians
2.
They
are
not
lost
people
because
the
lost
are
not
children
of
God
.
They
are
God's
children
who
live
a
lifestyle
of
sin
and
refuse
to
let
Christ
free
them
from
their
sin
through
their
ongoing
personal
relationship
that
is
in
Christ
.
Simply
put,
if
you
are
saved
and
are
not
doing
less
sin
than
you
were
a
year
ago
then
you
are
'cruising
for
a
bruising'
from
God. - Next,
notice
the
phrase
that
we
should
be
holy
and
without
blame
before
him
.
This
is
why
we
should
be
in
Christ
and
the
results
that
God
wants
to
produce
in
your
life.
Would
the
people
who
know
you
well
agree
that
your
life
is
holy
,
or
at
least
more
holy
than
a
year
ago? - Would
those
people
agree
that
there
are
fewer
wrong
things
that
can
be
blamed
on
you?
- Next,
look
at
the
phrase
in
love
.
John
13:35
says:
By
this
shall
all
men
know
that
ye
are
my
disciples,
if
ye
have
love
one
to
another.
Do
people
see
more
love
for
the
church
in
your
life
than
you
had
a
year
ago? - Next,
look
at
the
phrase
Having
predestinated
us
unto
the
adoption
of
children
by
Jesus
Christ
to
himself,
according
to
the
good
pleasure
of
his
will
.
Anyone
who
adopts
a
child
does
so
with
the
plan
of
teaching
the
child
to
be
like
them.
God
used
Jesus
Christ
to
adopt
us
so
that
He
could
make
us
like
Him.
The
word
according
lets
us
know
that
the
more
we
become
like
God
the
more
we
will
receive
the
good
pleasure
of
his
will
.
However,
the
less
we
become
like
God
the
less
we
will
receive
the
good
pleasure
of
his
will
and
the
more
we
can
expect
to
receive
His
wrath
. - Finally,
look
at
the
phrase
To
the
praise
of
the
glory
of
his
grace
.
God
saves
us
by
His
grace
(Ephesians
2:8-9).
He
sanctifies
us
by
His
grace
(Acts
20:32).
If
we
are
saved
but
never
become
sanctified
then
God
gets
no
glory
and
no
praise
for
giving
us
His
grace.
Saved
people
who
refused
to
mature
spiritually
so
that
they
become
sanctified
have
a
life
testimony
that
God
wasted
His
grace
on
them. - Hebrews
10:28-29
says:
He
that
despised
Moses'
law
died
without
mercy
under
two
or
three
witnesses:
Of
how
much
sorer
punishment,
suppose
ye,
shall
he
be
thought
worthy,
who
hath
trodden
under
foot
the
Son
of
God,
and
hath
counted
the
blood
of
the
covenant,
wherewith
he
was
sanctified,
an
unholy
thing,
and
hath
done
despite
unto
the
Spirit
of
grace?
If
you
refuse
to
maintain
your
relationship
that
is
in
Christ
and
causes
you
to
mature
spiritually
then
your
life
says
that
you
hath
trodden
under
foot
the
Son
of
God,
and
hath
counted
the
blood
of
the
covenant,
wherewith
he
was
sanctified,
an
unholy
thing
.
Expect
to
receive
severe
punishment
even
if
you
are
saved.
- Galatians
3:16-18
says:
Now
to
Abraham
and
his
seed
were
the
promises
made.
He
saith
not,
And
to
seeds,
as
of
many;
but
as
of
one,
And
to
thy
seed,
which
is
Christ.
And
this
I
say,
that
the
covenant,
that
was
confirmed
before
of
God
in
Christ,
the
law,
which
was
four
hundred
and
thirty
years
after,
cannot
disannul,
that
it
should
make
the
promise
of
none
effect.
For
if
the
inheritance
be
of
the
law,
it
is
no
more
of
promise:
but
God
gave
it
to
Abraham
by
promise.
- Our
salvation
and
everything
which
comes
from
it
are
because
of
the
promises
given
by
God
the
Father
to
Christ
.
All
of
our
eternal
rewards,
which
this
verse
identifies
as
inheritance
come
only
through
Christ
.
Under
Jewish
tradition,
and
according
to
the
Bible,
different
people
get
different
levels
of
inheritance
.
Therefore,
in
order
to
get
the
best
eternal
inheritance
,
we
need
to
get
close
to
Christ
and
that
only
happens
if
we
mature
spiritually. - Acts
20:32
says:
And
now,
brethren,
I
commend
you
to
God,
and
to
the
word
of
his
grace,
which
is
able
to
build
you
up,
and
to
give
you
an
inheritance
among
all
them
which
are
sanctified.
Saved
people
who
refuse
to
be
sanctified
have
no
promise
of
an
inheritance
.
They
should
expect
to
be
eternal
paupers. - John
10:10
says:
The
thief
cometh
not,
but
for
to
steal,
and
to
kill,
and
to
destroy:
I
am
come
that
they
might
have
life,
and
that
they
might
have
it
more
abundantly.
When
we
get
saved,
we
receive
God's
life
.
The
word
and
,
in
our
verse,
means
that
life'
more
abundantly
is
added
to
salvation
and
added
after
our
initial
profession.
This
life'
more
abundantly
is
only
added
as
we
mature
spiritually
and
is
added
in
proportion
to
our
personal
spiritual
maturity.
Saved
people
who
refuse
to
mature
spiritually
prove
that
God
wasted
His
efforts
to
try
and
bless
them
after
their
initial
salvation.
- 1Corinthians
3:1-2
says:
And
I,
brethren,
could
not
speak
unto
you
as
unto
spiritual,
but
as
unto
carnal,
even
as
unto
babes
in
Christ.
I
have
fed
you
with
milk,
and
not
with
meat:
for
hitherto
ye
were
not
able
to
bear
it,
neither
yet
now
are
ye
able.
Babes
is
Christ
can
be
physical
adults,
such
as
these
church
members
were.
In
this
epistle
we
have
a
'Test
of
Spiritual
Maturity'
which
God
requires
people
to
pass
before
He
teaches
them
personally
and
before
He
will
make
them
a
leader
in
t
true
spiritual
church.
Filipinos
can
pass
a
Board
Exam
and
be
qualified
to
get
a
job,
even
a
job
overseas.
However,
until
they
pass
God's
test
God
will
not
use
them
the
way
that
he
wants
to.
God
wants
all
of
His
people
to
spiritually
mature
to
the
point
that
they
can
help
to
build
a
new
church
any
place
that
they
are
sent
to.- Aquila
and
Priscilla
helped
to
start
churches
in
3
different
cities
and
they
were
not
preachers
and
only
had
training
from
their
home
church.
God
included
them
in
the
Bible
to
be
our
example.
God
wants
every
saved
person
to
follow
their
example.
- 1Corinthians
4:9-13
says:
For
I
think
that
God
hath
set
forth
us
the
apostles
last,
as
it
were
appointed
to
death:
for
we
are
made
a
spectacle
unto
the
world,
and
to
angels,
and
to
men.
We
are
fools
for
Christ's
sake,
but
ye
are
wise
in
Christ;
we
are
weak,
but
ye
are
strong;
ye
are
honourable,
but
we
are
despised.
Even
unto
this
present
hour
we
both
hunger,
and
thirst,
and
are
naked,
and
are
buffeted,
and
have
no
certain
dwellingplace;
And
labour,
working
with
our
own
hands:
being
reviled,
we
bless;
being
persecuted,
we
suffer
it:
Being
defamed,
we
intreat:
we
are
made
as
the
filth
of
the
world,
and
are
the
offscouring
of
all
things
unto
this
day.
- The
first
verse
is
sarcasm.
After
it
we
see
the
way
that
mature
Christians
are
to
act.
These
are
the
people
who
can
expect
to
receive
God's
blessings
here
in
this
world
and
in
eternity
where
they
will
never
lose
their
reward.
- People
who
are
truly
in
Christ
will
act
like
Paul
says
that
the
apostles
acted.
- Acts
24:24-25
says:
And
after
certain
days,
when
Felix
came
with
his
wife
Drusilla,
which
was
a
Jewess,
he
sent
for
Paul,
and
heard
him
concerning
the
faith
in
Christ.
And
as
he
reasoned
of
righteousness,
temperance,
and
judgment
to
come,
Felix
trembled,
and
answered,
Go
thy
way
for
this
time;
when
I
have
a
convenient
season,
I
will
call
for
thee.
- Righteousness
is:
'doing
the
right
thing
at
the
right
time
and
in
the
right
way
and
with
the
right
attitude'.
- Temperance
is:
moderation
in
regard
to
the
indulgence
of
the
natural
appetites
and
passions
. - Judgment
to
come
is
what
we
will
all
face
and
it
to
be
the
primary
motivation
for
everything
that
we
do
in
this
life.
- People
who
are
truly
in
Christ
will
spiritually
mature
to
the
point
that
they
can
reason
with
lost
people
just
like
Paul
did
in
this
verse.
- Would
people
looking
at
your
life
say
that
you
act
like
the
person
that
our
references
describe
or
do
you
need
more
spiritual
maturing?
- 1Peter
4:17
says:
For
the
time
is
come
that
judgment
must
begin
at
the
house
of
God:
and
if
it
first
begin
at
us,
what
shall
the
end
be
of
them
that
obey
not
the
gospel
of
God?
All
of
you
have
heard
some
of
how
God
will
judge
saved
people
who
refuse
to
obey
and
become
spiritually
mature.
However,
if
you
have
never
accepted
Jesus
as
your
personal
Lord
then
you
are
the
enemy
of
God
and
can
expect
to
receive
far
worse
punishment
in
the
lake
of
fire
and
receive
it
for
eternity.
If
you
don't
want
that
then
come
forward
and
someone
will
show
you
how
to
become
a
child
of
God.
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