"...His glorious grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved..." Eph 1:5-6
It seems we shouldn't think of God's bestowal of grace in terms of something proceeding forth from God onto a person - much like a cloud raining on a dry field. But God, in this wondrous sovereign mystery, has brought us into His Son - there to be ravished with every spiritual blessing. So instead of raining grace on you from the outside, He simply brought you into the cloud!
As a matter of fact, if you begin to study the benefits of salvation, none of the blessings (i.e. regeneration, justification, election, etc.) occur on an island; we are brought into union with the God-man where we have everything we need pertaining to life and godliness. His life is our life. His death was our death. We lack nothing because He lacks nothing. O the preciousness of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity!
Thoughts on the Way Home
