The blessings are in the victory of the cross. Christ shed his blood for us on the cross and gave us all things that pertain to life and godliness. Everything that was formed by the enemy was defeated. He took the sorrows of this world and gave joy. He took death and gave life, He took strive and gave peace. Our iniquities were destroyed and His righteousness was resurrected. Victory is success it's knowing it is finished; no more attempting to accomplish anything. Christ did it all. Through Him the struggle is over, it's now resting in Him the victory. The blessing is having all your needs met in Christ; nothing missing, lacking, or broken. We are made complete in Him. "The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it" (Proverbs 10:22).
We are a chosen vessel of God and it was nothing of our doing, he called us before the foundation of the world. “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:” (King James Bible, 1769/2017, Ephesians 1:4). God chose to bless us in Christ Jesus and gave us a heart to believe. “Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me” (Isaiah 43:10). We can’t take no credit for God’s work; it is his grace that made us who we are. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). In all that we do, we must remember that God loved us before we were saints. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Roma...
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