0733. THE PURCHASED POSSESSION

THE PURCHASED POSSESSION

"Until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory" (Eph_1:14).

This is a truth, great, deep, and wonderful. This title embraces the whole Church of God, and suggests the mystery of God’s gracious and eternal purpose. God has a possession-this possession is His people, redeemed by the blood of His Son (Eph_1:7), and sealed with the Spirit of promise (Eph_1:13). In this present time God, by the Spirit through title Gospel, is gathering out a people for Himself. Not yet has He got the full lot of His inheritance, but they shall be Mine, saith the Lord, when I make up my jewels. How marvellous that by His death and resurrection, Christ, in purchasing an inheritance for us in God, should at the same time and by the same means purchase an inheritance for God in us who are His people. By and by the kingdom shall be delivered up to the Father, and God shall be All in all.

Autor: James Smith