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Ephesians 1:4 · BSB
1:4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
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…remember that God planned the gift before the world began, even as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world as Paul reveals inEphesians 1:4. Your existence is not an accident. Your life is not a random occurrence and your membership in God's family is not happenstance. God thought of…
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…then having set his love on them, God predestines them or predetermines their glorious destiny before creating them. This is how Paul puts it in inEphesians chapter 1 verses 3 to 5, where he writes, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the…
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…Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.’ (Ephesians 1:4-6) iii. Holy and dearly loved Holy means to be chosen and set apart by God for His purposes. Holy and dearly loved tells every Christian that their…
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…the really good news, beloved. God's word does assure our holiness, that we can reach out to the Lord, we can cry out to him for his faithfulness.Ephesians 1:4, for he chose us in him before the foundation of the world. Now hear this: to be holy and blameless in love before him. So look to Christ with…
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…of the gospel is that Jesus chooses to come to us in our sin and make us righteous, just as a doctor comes with the intention of making us well. InEphesians 1, verses 3 to 8, we get confirmation of this. It says, This wasn't a chore for Jesus. It didn't go against the grain of his will. Jesus' love caused him to make us…
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…Christ, the son of the living God. In fact, this is exactly what the apostle Paul says about the blessings that God has poured out on his people inEphesians chapter 1 verses 3 through 4. Remember there where Paul is extolling the the the marvelous majesty of God and the doctrine of election. Listen to what Paul says in Ephesians…
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…of the world to be his. To be chosen in Christ. If you flip in your Bible to Ephesians chapter 1, we have this glorious statement of this.Ephesians chapter 1, verse 4, For 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…
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…God has chosen you, which is where we get the reformed distinctive of our faith, election. That God has in mind those He has chosen to save. Or asEphesians 1:4says, that the elect are those mind boggling mind bogglingly, those that have been chosen by God before the foundations of the earth to be the…
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…we placed our faith in Jesus Christ. We're told that this journey actually began for us before the foundation of the world. So Paul says this inEphesians chapter 1, verse 4. He says, He chose us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him. Church, take a moment just to…
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…get there. And then the last reference or last key text on the doctrine of adoption is Romans chapter 8 verses 14-17. Romans chapter 8, 14-17. SoEphesians chapter 1, verses 3-6. Galatians chapter 4, verses 3-7. And then Romans chapter 8, verses 14-17. Let me read now in Ephesians 1, 3-6. It says, "Blessed be the God and…
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…it, and you're going to pray for it. Does God sovereignly elect people to salvation? Anybody believe that? If you don't, it's in your Bible, okay?Ephesians chapter 1, verse 4. He chose us in him before the foundation of the world. God sovereignly elects, chooses people to salvation. But does that mean you just sit at…
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…you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach.” That's the goal. We will stand before Him and we will be as He is when we see Him as He is.Ephesians 1, verse 4says God chose us in Christ “before the foundation of the world, that we would be [what?] holy and blameless before Him.” That's the goal of your…
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…Yeah. 11. that one. Yeah, that one. Thank you. Thanks. Thanks. All right. And would somebody read the several verses listed there for Ephesians?Ephesians 1, verse 4, for he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and religious in his sight. And then verse 11 is in him we were also chosen,…
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…So left to ourselves, we cannot even seek God, much less repent and believe in him. But here's the good news. The gospel, right? Paul tells us inEphesians chapter 1, verses 4 through 5, that God chose us, right? God chose the believers. In Christ, he goes on, He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should…
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…among many brothers. Um these are some some kind of big words, right? Some big theological words. Those he he he foreknew, he predestined. InEphesians 1:4, it doesn't just say that uh this is something he did in the past. It says before the foundation of the world, uh he chose us in him. Before the…
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…Faith, who wrote it back in the 1600s, included this in chapter 8. That it was important to remember that God gave to Jesus a people for himself.Ephesians chapter 1, verse 4, tells us that God chose these people before the beginning of the world. And so, yes, Christmas means that God gave Jesus to us as our gift. It…
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…and promises and covenants with the Son to send the Son to the world to redeem sinners. The Father gives the Son, the elect. He predestines them.Ephesians 1 verse 4says, In love the Father predestines us to be conformed to the image of his Son. He'll adopt us, he'll redeem us, and he'll make us brothers and…
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…advance. I don't know when you met God. I don't know when you first became introduced to God, but I can tell you when he became introduced to you.Ephesians chapter 1, verse 4. It says, even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to…
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…advance. I don't know when you met God. I don't know when you first became introduced to God, but I can tell you when he became introduced to you.Ephesians chapter 1, verse 4. It says, even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to…
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…These people made of both Jew and Gentile, by that very grace, through faith, receive the righteousness of God and are saved. Let's look atEphesians chapter 1, verse 4 through 5. It says this 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…
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