βIf any man be in Christ he is a new creationβ¦β (II Cor.Β 5:17).
βFor we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesusβ¦β (Eph.Β 2:10).
βAnd ye are complete in Himβ¦β (Col.Β 2:10).
βIn Christ!β What a glorious truth! What a high and holy position! No religious ceremony, neither circumcision nor baptism, needed to make us spiritually complete. God only asks now: βWalk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are calledβ (Eph. 4:1).
Many Christians are satisfied with salvation through the blood of Christ, but God wants us to have much more than this. He wants us to have βthe full assurance of understandingβ (Col. 2:2), to know the security, the blessedness, the glory of a position in Christ. He wants us to know βthe exceeding riches of His graceβ (Eph. 2:7), and to enjoy βall spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christβ (Eph. 1:3).
But Satan does not!
For proclaiming these glorious truths the Apostle Paul was bitterly opposed on every hand, even by some saved religious leaders of his day.
And Satan has not changed!
Proclaim this message today and βyour adversary the devilβ will soon be roused to action. He hates this message of grace which the glorified Lord revealed through Paul (Eph. 3:1-3) and let us not be asleep to the fact that, as in Paulβs day, he will again seek to use even saved religious leaders, evangelical βbig guns,β if he can, to oppose it, thus robbing Christ of His glory and believers of their blessings. source