Tag: we have the privilege of access!

Access is a powerful privilege. It is not automatic. Someone needs to pay for it, or someone needs to have a great relationship in order to get access. We have to pay for our tickets before getting access to a ballgame. We have to pay in order to see a movie. I always had permission to enter my mother’s house because of my unique relationship with her. I had sonship access and privileges. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, access is: permission, liberty, or ability to enter, approach, or pass to and from a place or to approach or communicate with a person or thing, freedom or ability to obtain or make use of something. Ephesians 2: 18 says: “For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.” This is a privilege! The Lord Jesus paid the price for access to the Father. The original Greek word for access means: “To lead or bring into the Presence. By God’s favor, we have  the privilege of acceptance in Christ, and by this we have access to His Presence. We have freedom to enter THROUGH His assistance. We could not do this on our own.” This means that not only do we have access to the Father in Christ by faith, but it also means that He helps us to enter in. He gives us assistance. He wants for us to be close to Him, and He wants to be close to us, so He gave us access! Jesus already paid the price, so cease from any struggle that you may be going through and enter in. This is part of our inheritance as sons and daughters!