# “The riches of His grace” by Charles Spurgeon

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- Published: 2012-05-10T09:00:30-05:00
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_“…Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing.” -Ephesians 1:3_

“Christ bestows all the goodness of the past, the present, and the future upon His
people. In the mysterious ages of the past the Lord Jesus was His Father’s first
elect, and in His _election_ He gave us an interest, for we were chosen in Him from
before the foundation of the world.

He had from all eternity the prerogatives of _Sonship_, as His Father’s only-begotten
and well-beloved Son; and He has, in the riches of His grace, by adoption and regeneration,
elevated us to sonship also, so that to us He has given “the right to become children
of God.”

The _eternal covenant_, which He has confirmed by an oath, is ours, for our strong
consolation and security. In the _everlasting settlements of predestinating wisdom_
and omnipotent decree, the eye of the Lord Jesus was fixed upon us; and we may rest
assured that in the whole roll of destiny there is not a line that militates against
the interests of His redeemed.

The _great betrothal_ of the Prince of Glory is ours, for it is to us that He is
engaged, as the wedding feast shall soon declare to an assembled universe. The _marvelous
incarnation_ of the God of heaven, with all the amazing condescension and humiliation
that attended it, is ours.

The bloody sweat, the scourge, the cross are ours forever. Whatever blissful consequences
flow from _perfect obedience, finished atonement, resurrection, ascension, or intercession_,
all are ours by His own gift. Upon His breastplate He is now bearing our names; 
and in His authoritative pleadings at the throne He remembers us and pleads our 
case.

His dominion over principalities and powers, and His absolute majesty in heaven,
He employs for the benefit of them who trust in Him. His high estate is as much 
at our service as was His obedience unto death. He who gave Himself for us in the
depths of woe and death does not withdraw His help now that He is enthroned in the
highest heavens.”

–Charles Spurgeon, “May 9 — Morning” in [_Morning and Evening_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433598663?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Geanies House, Fearn, Scotland, UK: Christian Focus, 1994), 276.

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