MOW - 02,06,2024

The Spirit today is both the Spirit of life and the Spirit of power. By receiving the Spirit of life through regeneration we are born of God to be genuine sons of God, possessing His very life. Once we have received the Spirit of life, we are genuine children of God. However, in order to carry out the Lord's work, we also need to receive the Spirit of power. By the Spirit of power we can work with the Lord for the accomplishment of His purpose. We need the Spirit of life in order to be sons, and we need the Spirit of power in order to do the Lord's work. Then, in addition to life and power, we need the growth in life. If we have life, power, and growth, we will be proper, balanced Christians who can be used by the Lord for His Body.

- "God's Intention concerning Christ and the Church" P23

Ephesians 1:6

Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He graced us in the Beloved;

For God to grace us means that He has put us into the position of grace that we may be the object of His grace and favor, that is, to enjoy all God is to us.

Here in the position of grace and as the object of grace we are fully accepted by God. Because we are in the position of grace and are the object of grace, God is pleased with us. His delight is in us, and we are happy with Him. Eventually, there is a mutual enjoyment: we enjoy Him, and He enjoys us. Hence, in grace, He is our joy and satisfaction, and we are His joy and satisfaction. All this is implied in the term "graced us"