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Trust is in Christ (Eph. 1:12).
In Whom we were sealed (Eph. 1:13).
Faith is in the Lord Jesus (Eph. 1:15).
The spirit of wisdom and revelation is granted in the acknowledgment
of Him (Eph. 1:17).
Resurrection power associated with believing was wrought in Christ (Eph.
1:19,20).
Not only so but the believer is made to sit together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus (Eph. 2:6).
In the ages to come God will show His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus
(Eph. 2:7).
Works are excluded as a basis of salvation, we are rather His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus.  The Gentiles who once were hopeless, in the flesh and
in the world, are now in Christ Jesus made nigh.  He abolished in His flesh the
enmity, to create in Himself of the twain one new man.  In Whom the building
grows unto an holy temple in the Lord, in Whom we too are builded together.  All
this is in harmony with the promise and the purpose of God in Christ Jesus, in
Whom we have boldness and access, all of which leads to glory in the church in
Christ Jesus, and so to the conclusion of the doctrinal portion of this epistle.
Practice is not to be thought of however in any other sphere than in Christ, and
Paul speaks of himself as the prisoner in the Lord, he testifies in the Lord,
and reminds the reader that he had been taught as the truth is in Jesus.  Even
the words of forgiving grace `for Christ's sake', can be rendered `be generous
to each other as God has been generous to you in Christ'.  These believers were
now light in the Lord; worship is in the name of the Lord Jesus and obedience
rendered to parents was rendered to such in the Lord.  The warrior for Christ
was made strong in the Lord and the commendation of Tychicus as a faithful
minister in the Lord, rounds off these wondrous references to a wondrous sphere.
It will be observed that the first reference is to those who were `faithful' in
Christ Jesus, and the last to ministry, equally `faithful' in the Lord.  There
does not seem to be any point in giving the long string of chapter and verse;
any reader of the epistle will find these passages without difficulty.  Quite
apart from the effect on the mind that the rich variety of grace that is brought
to light in these references produces, such a number of passages must impress us
by their very quantity.
Redemption is in Him, in Whom every promise finds its fulfilment, every
blessing its enjoyment, every aspiration its realization.  In Him as the one
Mediator, God and man meet, and in Him the conflicting parties of the Acts
period find their peace.
`In Whom we have redemption'.  In strong contrast with the alien position
of the Gentile by nature, who was in a state described as `having no hope',
these believers `have' redemption, even as they `have' access and `have'
boldness.  The extremely useful office which the verb `to have' fulfils as an
auxiliary, may obscure a little its primitive force which is that of possessing
and holding.  We can say `I have lost a penny' without any sense of
contradiction, the auxiliary here, having lost its prime meaning, but where it
is used in its original intention, to have is to `hold and to possess'.  As John
has declared when speaking of eternal life `He that hath the Son hath life' (1
John 5:12), and it would be quite as true to say `He that hath the Son', hath
peace, or redemption or any other of the blessings that flow to us in grace as a
consequence of His finished work.  When this great fact becomes a reality to the
believer, he will see that redemption cannot be looked upon merely as a price
paid on our behalf by someone else, but that it involves either by reckoning or
by some other process yet to be discovered and revealed, that there is an
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