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YOU ARE SEATED IN HEAVENLY PLACES
(Ephesians 2:5- 6) Even when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive together with Christ (by grace ye are saved). And hath raised us up together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus;
We claim heaven by faith in Christ and to what He has done on the cross and what the Word of God says in the Scriptures. Although we’re not there yet; but by faith in our spiritual standing with God, we are with Him already. God’s children have a reserved mansion in heaven. We have a paid, reserved seat that can’t be taken away from us. Do you have a reserved seat in heaven? Would you ask Christ to make a reservation for you in heaven? We don’t belong here in this world. As the song says: This world is not my home, I’m just a passing through, my treasure are laid up, somewhere beyond the blue, The angels beckoned me from heavens open door, and I can’t feel at home in this world anymore. Our Citizenship is in heaven and that cannot be revoked by man or human law. For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21- Who shall change our lowly body, that it may be fashioned like his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. (Philippians 3:20-21) It means we have the assurance of our salvation. You cannot lose your salvation, if you do, then you’ve lost Christ as your Lord and Savior which would be impossible. No matter what happens, we are bound for heaven. The free gift of salvation is not bound by time, place, circumstance, human law and by sin. Because we are bound for the promise land…Our spiritual position in Christ will remain the same. It means that you are seated in heaven with Christ and God the Father. We are joint heirs with Christ. The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God; 17- And if children, then heirs-heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ-if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (Romans 8:16- 17)
