All Blessings Belongs to God.
Ephesians 1:3 - 6 “Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in
heavenly places in Christ: (4) 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: (5) Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ
to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (6) To the praise of
the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.”
People throughout the history of the New Testament have
obliterated the Truth of God, turning it into a lie just as God said they
would. “Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served
the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.” Romans
1:25 Their goal is Satan’s goal, to make God irrelevant in in everything, and especially
salvation and making salvation entirely the plan and work of sinful man.
However, when the truth is revealed, salvation is the work of God and not
sinful men. “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become
the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (13) Which were born,
not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
John 1:12, 13 It is impossible for salvation to be both of God and man, because
it is a gift of God and not the work of sinful man. We must remember that
sinful man are at enmity with God, which means man in their natural state hate
God and will forever reject the salvation offered by God. Therefore, as churches
and ministers of the Gospel message we must ask ourselves, “Who hath
believed our report?” and we also must have the same answer as the Prophet “to
whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?” Isaiah 53:1 This very question was
quoted two times in the New Testament by Paul in Romans 10:6 and by John in John
12:38 “That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he
spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord
been revealed?” The answer remains the same, “to whom hath the arm of
the Lord been revealed.” This is only accomplished by the omnipotence or
power of God. The Prophet Isaiah wrote about this in Isaiah 65:1 “I am
sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I
said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.” So,
if the Lord does not seek us and calls us by His grace then we will never come.
Listen to Isaiah in verse two, “I have spread out my hands all the day unto
a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own
thoughts;”. To lost and sinful people all that matters is self, they cannot
accept the very God they hate by nature. It is not hard to understand why the
world of religion is so rebellious toward God’s Sovereignty, they reject and
deny Him. Just the very thought that God is Sovereign over people destroys
their ego and pride. They do not by nature call on God for salvation, when they
pray in their churches for God to save sinners, they are being hypocritical,
because they do not believe God saves sinners. Salvation to them is by decision,
choice, or works, God has nothing to do with it, because they have changed the Truth
into a lie to make God irrelevant in salvation. Listen to the Apostle Paul
speaking of these people, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of
the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14 That is that
God in sovereignty saves sinners, that man cannot on their own make decisions and
choices, and that being born again you have eternal life. They simply cannot
believe God and what He says in His word, so they make God out to be the liar
when they themselves are the liars. It is impossible for us to change their
hearts. We cannot convince lost souls of any of these things unless they are
enlightened by His Holy Spirit. As Christians, we must stand and praise God
from the highest mountain-top to the lowest of valleys, for God’s blessings not
only in salvation but in every step of our life. When our hearts are right in
God, then we understand that we are what we are by God’s rich grace. All
blessings are to God because it is He that hath blessed us.
