1co 03v21 All Things Are Yours
"ALL
THINGS ARE YOURS!" I Corinthians 3:21
We rejoice in the fact that all
the blessings of the covenant are sealed to us by the redeeming blood of
Christ. Since God has reconciled us to himself, while we were yet enemies, through
the sacrifice of his Son, we are confident that he will freely give us all
things in Christ.
This promise gives
us confidence in our pilgrimage here upon the earth. And it fills our hearts
with joyful anticipation with regard to heaven. Children of God, this is our
promise for all of eternity - "All things are yours." I read of no
secondary joys in heaven. There are no back settlements in the heavenly
Brethren, heaven, in all its fulness, is altogether
the reward of grace, and not of debt. All the people of God are loved with the
same love, perfectly. There are no degrees in God's perfect love. They were all
chosen in Christ at the same time, and elected to the same glory. All the
blessings of the covenant were given to us in Christ Jesus before the world
began. All the promises of God in Christ Jesus are Yea and Amen to all the
elect. We are all redeemed with the same price, the precious blood of Christ.
And by that blood, the Lord has blotted out all our transgressions, iniquities,
and sins; so that he has promised never to remember them against us anymore
forever. In Christ we are all perfectly justified and made righteous. We are
made the very righteousness of God in him, and we are all the sons of God by
eternal adoption and faith in Christ. All the saints of God are made kings and
priests unto the Lord. Beloved, our only grounds of acceptance before God is
Christ. We shall be like him, without spot or wrinkle, perfect in righteousness
and glory. Can there be any degrees in perfect glory? Certainly not! This is the
promise given to those who believe, both for time and eternity - "ALL
THINGS ARE YOURS!"