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Do you know an artist? I like to draw and have painted a few things but I know people who can paint masterpieces that can make your jaw drop! They start with a blank canvas but before they make the very first stroke, they can see the painting already completed in their head! You and me, we are God's masterpiece! He takes a blank canvas and makes something beautiful for the whole world to marvel at, to see His beauty in us. He even takes our ugly parts and makes them beautiful by the blood of Jesus! You are precious, valuable, and have worth!

Zombies do exist and I can prove it! Paul says they do in Ephesians chapter 2! He says people that do not walking with Jesus do not have life...they are literally dead people walking...or spiritual Zombies!!!! They have a heartbeat, they breath air, they go about their daily business, but they are dead on the inside...why? Because Jesus is LIFE (John 14:6). He said he came to give life and give it more abundantly. Have you made Jesus your Lord and Savior? If not, YOU ARE A ZOMBIE!

Zombies do exist and I can prove it! Paul says they do in Ephesians chapter 2! He says people that do not walking with Jesus do not have life...they are literally dead people walking...or spiritual Zombies!!!! They have a heartbeat, they breath air, they go about their daily business, but they are dead on the inside...why? Because Jesus is LIFE (John 14:6). He said he came to give life and give it more abundantly. Have you made Jesus your Lord and Savior? If not, YOU ARE A ZOMBIE!

We have victory in Jesus so why do we walk in defeat? Paul says we are complete in Jesus Christ, that we have everything we need to walk in victory! So many Christians today live as though they lack something and when we take a look at the Greek word Paul uses for when he says we are “full” because of Jesus, he is saying we are so full of Jesus we are bursting at the seams! As Christ followers, we need to recognize and remember who we are in Jesus, what we have in Jesus, and share that marvelous power and blessings with others!

Remember that commercial where the people ate a meal and they screamed, “I am full!” They were saying, “I have eaten so much that I cannot eat another bite. My belly is so full it feels like it is about to explode!” This is the idea Paul has when he is talking about the church at the end of Ephesians 1 and the beginning of chapter 2. He says we, the church, the body of Christ is “full” because of Jesus and what he has done. So, if we are “full”, why do we act like we lack something?

God had a plan in place long before He created anything. That plan was to use His Son, Jesus, as a sacrifice to redeem fallen man—to reconcile us back to Him. He foreknew man would choose to sin and separate from Him, yet because of His great love for us, He took care of it by sending His Son to die on a cross, be buried for three days, and resurrected becoming victorious over death and the grave. He has sent an invitation to you to be a part of His plan...are you going to accept it? It’s way more deeper than fire insurance—we are given the Same Spirit, with the same power that raised Jesus from the dead! So if you are a part of God’s plan, why then do we act so helpless, so powerless? Recognize who you are in Christ and live like a child of the victorious Savior today!

Paul has been going on and on about how God has done everything, from creation to salvation to blessing us with blessings in heavenly places, through His Son, Jesus. God has taken care of everything we need to have a relationship with Him as we live this life on earth and in the life to come in eternity. This is God’s plan and He already had this plan in place long before He spoke anything into existence! He knew man would blow it and he had a plan in place, that He would put on flesh, be tempted in every way we are, be the sinless sacrifice so that our sins can be forgiven, rose out of the tomb taking the authority from death and the grave, and now sits at the Father’s right hand interceding for those who accept His wonderful gift of salvation. The gospel, the plan, has been revealed to all.

Paul says in verse 3, “All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.” God has supplied everything we need to have a relationship with Him. We literally do not have any excuse except that we don’t want to have one! Every spiritual blessing, along with many other things including freedom, are available to us through Jesus! Why do people think that if they give their life to Jesus, they are giving up their freedom? Jesus IS freedom!

In this episode we talk about Predestination and what that exactly means but what is more important than Predestination is what Paul said before he gives us the idea: All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. I don’t think we have a clue of what it means to be in Christ and what blessings we have because of Jesus. It is absolutely mind blowing and what is incredible is that God did it even while we continue to reject Him! His love for us is absolutely amazing! We have everything we could possibly need and more in Jesus so why do we continue to reject him? Why would you not want salvation, healing, earthly blessings, and spiritual blessings that are in heavenly places?

Our pastor at Authentic Church, James Seiler, asked our very own, Mary Gamboa Tucker from the GRINDIT Podcast, to speak on the Kingdom of God, We are going through a series and Mary. explained what the Kingdom of God is and what Righteousness means. She explains why the two are intertwined and are mentioned together from the Old Testament through the New Testament.