The Place to Be #3

Ephesians 1:11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

Having listed a whole string of blessings we have in Christ, Paul now focuses in on the fact that no one can take these blessings away.  They are ours in Christ.  It is our legal inheritance, which has been sealed by the Holy Spirit of God, who guarantees that we will receive what has been promised to us.  It is the most secure and solid thing in the world.  We can count on it more than anything.  The point is that this fact alone should make a drastic difference in how we live - as secure in Christ - which will make others want to come and share in this inheritance, with no one having less because more people are sharing in it. When we are convinced and confident Christ is ours and we are His, the Church will be the place all will want to be.