giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
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… with joy giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us thank you to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light he has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the son of his love in whom we have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ just as he chose us in him, that's foreknowledge, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace by which he made us accepted in the beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace, which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of time he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, which are on earth, in him. …
Further, strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience, joyously giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light." This is amazing. This is a truckload of promises. I pray for you that you'll have all spiritual wisdom so that you can walk worthy, so that you can please the Lord, so that you can bear fruit, so that you can increase in knowledge, so that you can be strengthened with power and might, so that you can attain steadfastness and patience and experience joy and be grateful. All of that comes from the wisdom that is made available at salvation through the Son, the Spirit, and the Word. It's all there. So we are the wise of the world. The world thinks we are the fools, and they are the wise. The truth is they're the fools, and we are the wise. So walk consistently in that wisdom. Order your daily steps wisely. …
… For what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? We would also see this same extreme contrast in Colossians chapter 1, verse 12, where the The apostle writes, giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light, for He rescued us from the domain of darkness. You see it also in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5, verses 4 and 5, but you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief. For you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night, nor of darkness." One more Scripture just to illustrate the familiarity that the text of Scripture has with this idea, 1 Peter 2.9, "'You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. This is the contrast that's so familiar in the New Testament. …