Ahhh.... Ephesians. Definitely a different tone from Galatians, but still your meat and potatoes of our faith. I love it that Ephesians gets right to the heart of the issue. The "Holy Trinity". I fondly remember early Sunday School lessons. 3 in 1. The Father, Son and Holy Ghost all together as our one true God. Yet what about those parts of the bibles where Jesus prays to God, where he cries out on the cross, "Father, why has though forsaken me?" Who was Jesus talking to? John 3:16 "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son"? If he God gave us his son, then how could they be one? All of these were questions that in truth still cause questions. Now don't get me wrong. I do believe in the 3 as 1. I understand we have our father about (the creator), Jesus (God in the Flesh) and the Hold Ghost (Christ Spirit on Earth). All three coming together as a total package. Much like football has a Quarterback, Linebackers, and a Kicker are come Together to form a team. Ephesians helps spell that out for me.
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, in Christ.
To me this passage is deep. The initial part of the verse spells out the distinction between God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. This part explaining what has caused my questions, That questions being "So there is a separation between the 3". When I look and I think about part that states who has blessed us, I begin to understand that this is something that God has done. ( An action, a verb ). It's comforting knowing that God has done something for us. He isn't just sitting on a throne waiting for us to fulfill our duties as Christians, he isn't saying once you do this I will do this. It simply states who has blessed us. Meaning God did something for us, he reached out to us. This is huge in that it separates from the other major belief systems in the world, which state their followers must fulfill these actions prior to experiencing this. Pretty heavy stuff if you ask me. My mind spins farther when I start thinking about every spiritual blessings in heaven. My big question is, how can that be? If I've been blessed with all of this then why is life so hard. The understanding comes when you read the simple words "in Christ". It is through him that we have all of those blessings. The portal or door to these heavenly blessings exist solely through him. The reason it exist through him is that our God and Father of our Lord Did something. He reached out to us through his son. In reading, in understanding this passage I begin to see that their is a tie in between the 2. God our Father and Jesus. This tie in is an action that God did, that through this action we can achieve all the heavenly spiritual blessings promised us in this verse. Wow...... Powerful stuff
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