The best gifts are not material but spiritual, not temporal, but eternal, and not earthly, and not earthly, but heavenly.

In the book of Ephesians, we discover a rich list of what God has given to his children.

Let's join Scott Pauley now as we open this portion of scripture

and take inventory of all spiritual blessings that are ours in Christ.

Isn't it wonderful that our God is the God of the past, the God of the present, and the God of the future?

That's why the Bible says that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

You see, God is the God of all time because God is not bound by time. God is the God of eternity.

We're making our spiritual blessings list. We've spent a lot of time in Ephesians chapter 1.

And the rest of the book of Ephesians, we will look at perhaps in larger chunks of scripture and not take quite as long with each section. But we've come

now to Ephesians chapter 2 and in fact the first 17 verses in Ephesians chapter 2 really all go

together. I would challenge you to read all 17 verses on your own because Ephesians 2 1 through 17

gives us a great truth that connects to our past,

our present, and our future.

It's one of the great spiritual blessings.

And what is it?

It is this, that God gives us victory over our past, life in the present, and hope for the future.

You see, as you read Ephesians chapter number two, he deals with all three

aspects. Let me show you what I mean. In verse one, and you have he quickened who were dead in trespasses

and sins. You were. There was a day. You were a dead man.

Look at verse two, wherein in time past, you walked according to the course of this world,

according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now work and then the children of disobedience.

Verse three, among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lust of our flesh,

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