[annalex]

I just answered regarding Eph 1:6 in the preceding post.

If you read the context of Ecclesiasticus, it is all about the state of a justified man after death. And indeed, when we die and go to heaven, we will all be filled with grace, just like Mary.

I got to run. Will check back tomorrow.

[PetroniusMaximus]

***If you read the context of Ecclesiasticus, it is all about the state of a justified man after death. ***


I fail to see that in the context of the verse...

15 My son, blemish not thy good deeds, neither use uncomfortable words when thou givest any thing.

16 Shall not the dew asswage the heat? so is a word better than a gift.

17 Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a gracious man.



***And indeed, when we die and go to heaven, we will all be filled with grace, just like Mary.***

According to Paul you can have that blessedness now, if you will accept it.


"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved."


"to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved."