Well spoken of is God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who speaks well of us in all spiritual eulogy in the heavens in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).
Although English translations render this “blessed”, the Greek word does not carry the meaning of being endowed with divine favor, luck, or consecrated. Rather, it conveys the concept of eulogy. Thus, God the Father’s character is seen as commendable.
Through Christ’s death, He served as a propitiation for God’s righteousness. His sacrifice showed that God the Father was just in deferring punishment for sins previously committed (Romans 3:25), demonstrating that God the Father is righteous and just in justifying the one who has faith in Jesus (Romans 3:24).
God the Father then speaks well of us in Christ Jesus in the heavens regarding spiritual things. This describes how He perceives the believer in Christ. Since the one who believes that Christ died on behalf of our sins and was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and thus is righteous before God because of the resurrection of Christ, is immersed into the Christ by the Holy Spirit, in God’s mind, he is seen as seated in the heavens with Christ (1 Corinthians 15:3–4; 12;12–13; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:8).
Since the Christians are in Christ, their righteousness has been imputed to them (1 Corinthians 1:30). Christ, who knew no sin, was made sin on our behalf so that we might be the righteousness of God in Him (2 Corinthians 5:21). In Christ, the believer has complete redemption—the forgiveness of both trespasses (Ephesians 1:7) and sins (Colossians 1:14).
In Christ, the Christian has sanctification, for he is set apart unto God (1 Corinthians 1:30). Christ even calls the believers His brethren (Hebrews 2:11). Christians are sons. This means they are not under law, but grace, for they have been given all things pertaining to life and godliness in Christ (Galatians 3:26–28; 2 Peter 1:3–4). Since Christians are not under law, they have the liberty to live out the righteousness they possess in Christ, for they are inlawed to Christ (Galatians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 9:21).
Christians are immersed into Christ death and resurrection, enabling them to walk in newness of life (Romans 6:3–5), no longer under condemnation (Romans 8:2), highly graced in Christ (Ephesians 1:6), made near to God (Ephesians 2:1), made the fullness of God in Christ (Colossians 2:9–10), share in the new creation (Ephesians 2:10), are saints (Philippians 1:1), and are made one with Christ and each other as members of the same body (1 Corinthians 12:18).
When God speaks of the saints in Christ, He has nothing but good to say about them. Although Christians may still struggle with sin in this life, they now possess everything they need in Christ to overcome sin, satan, and the world system. Thus, since God speaks well of us in Christ, let us lay aside the sins that so easily ensnare us and take hold of eternal life by living out who we are in Christ, according to God’s opinion of us in Christ (Hebrews 12:1).
