In whom also we have obtained an inheritance
Ephesians 1:11
When Jesus gave Himself for us, He gave us all the rights and
privileges which went with Himself; so that now, although as eternal
God, He has essential rights to which no creature may venture to
pretend, yet as Jesus, the Mediator, the federal Head of the covenant
of grace, He has no heritage apart from us. All the glorious
consequences of His obedience unto death are the joint riches of all
who are in Him, and on whose behalf He accomplished the divine will.
See, He enters into glory, but not for Himself alone, for it is
written, "Whither the Forerunner is for us entered." Heb. 6:20. Does
He stand in the presence of God?--"He appears in the presence of God
for us." Heb. 9:24. Consider this, believer. You have no right to
heaven in yourself: your right lies in Christ. If you are pardoned,
it is through His blood; if you are justified, it is through His
righteousness; if you are sanctified, it is because He is made of God
unto you sanctification; if you shall be kept from falling, it will
be because you are preserved in Christ Jesus; and if you are
perfected at the last, it will be because you are complete in Him.
Thus Jesus is magnified--for all is in Him and by Him; thus the
inheritance is made certain to us--for it is obtained in Him; thus
each blessing is the sweeter, and even heaven itself the brighter,
because it is Jesus our Beloved "in whom" we have obtained all. Where
is the man who shall estimate our divine portion? Weigh the riches of
Christ in scales, and His treasure in balances, and then think to
count the treasures which belong to the saints. Reach the bottom of
Christ's sea of joy, and then hope to understand the bliss which God
hath prepared for them that love Him. Overleap the boundaries of
Christ's possessions, and then dream of a limit to the fair
inheritance of the elect. "All things are yours, for ye are Christ's
and Christ is God's."
