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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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…become incredibly gracious and incredibly kind when you realize that God has done that for you. As a matter of fact, the apostle Paul says this inEphesians chapter 1, verses 3 through 6. Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens. Now, notice this in…
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…the beginning. Jesus is the originator of the church. He is the beginning. The Greek word here has a two-fold sense of both source and primacy. InEphesians 1, verse 4, Paul states that God chose us in him before the foundation of the world. He is its source and without him it does not exist. Paul goes on to say…
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…we see this as unconditional love. It means that there are absolutely no factors that makes us considered worthy or unworthy of His salvation.Ephesians 1:4-6makes this point so clear. God chose us, Paul says, in Him. God chose us in Him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and…
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…for you on the front end to understand the blessings being offered to you and to make a decision based on that. We're going to start by looking atEphesians chapter 1, verse 4, very next verse, and Paul writes, even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.…
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…for you on the front end to understand the blessings being offered to you and to make a decision based on that. We're going to start by looking atEphesians chapter 1, verse 4, very next verse, and Paul writes, even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.…
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…us. Was Peter thinking of before the dispersion? Maybe. Was he thinking before persecution began? Maybe. From the eternal perspective, we know fromEphesians 1:4that God chose his elect before the foundation of the world, right? So the timing doesn't really matter. God had foreknowledge of these elect…
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…Arminianism, go for it. But the truth is quite clear that before the creation of the world, God had His redemptive plan in place.Ephesians 1:4. Oh, what a cracker. God chose us in Him, that is in Christ, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him.…
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…to be chosen, in order to be kind of like be valued. And but then like through the passage, we look into Ephesians. And it kind of talks about likeEphesians chapter 1, verse 4 to 6. It talks about like in love, God, he predestined us to be adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ in accordance with his pleasure and will. So…
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…that Paul says this specialness took place in his life even prior to his own birth. When you go home today, I want you to look at the book ofEphesians, chapter 1, verse 4. You're going to read these words. Paul says, we were called, we were chosen before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and…
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…it's really hard for us to live a fulfilled life. If you don't know what you're fulfilling, it's hard to be fulfilled. And we looked at at thisEphesians chapter 1, verses 4and 5. This is God telling us that long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind. He had settled on us as the focus of his love,…
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…it's really hard for us to live a fulfilled life. If you don't know what you're fulfilling, it's hard to be fulfilled. And we looked at at thisEphesians chapter 1, verses 4and 5. This is God telling us that long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind. He had settled on us as the focus of his love,…
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…made us. We actually find that out by exploring the beginning. In fact, we have to go a little bit further back than the beginning. We get there inEphesians chapter 1, verses 4 through 5. I've shared these before. They're some of my favorite verses in the Bible. Ephesians 1, 4 through 5 tells us about God's intentions before he…
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…made us. We actually find that out by exploring the beginning. In fact, we have to go a little bit further back than the beginning. We get there inEphesians chapter 1, verses 4 through 5. I've shared these before. They're some of my favorite verses in the Bible. Ephesians 1, 4 through 5 tells us about God's intentions before he…
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…loved by God long before you did anything. Anything good or anything bad. Anything. Long before you drew breath, you were loved by God in Christ.Ephesians chapter 1, verses 3 through 6. 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. There's…
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…hearts of our parents, this intense knowledge is all throughout the Bible and is inextricably linked with God's election and His call of believers.Ephesians 1:4says that God has chosen us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight, before the foundations of the world…
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…these down, some of the great verses on reconciliation. First one, Romans 5, verse 10. Here, Romans 5, verse 10. 2 Corinthians 5 verses 18 to 21.Ephesians 1, verses 3 to 10. And then Ephesians 2, 5 to 18. If you didn't quite jot all those down, just come talk to me afterwards. I can send those to you. Okay, but as you…
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…love that a husband is to have for his wife is love that is ambitious for the future good. Love that is ambitious for the future good. You look atEphesians chapter 1 verse 4just for a moment. I just touch on it in passing. It says, Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy…
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…a twinkle in mom and dad's eyes. God knew us. Now, this intense knowledge of God is inextricably linked with God's predestination of believers.Ephesians 1:4says, God has chosen us in Him before the creation of the world itself. Before the creation of the world. Before time even existed. Romans 8:29…
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…in Ephesians chapter 1. And what Paul tells us here, what the Bible tells us, is that our adoption was planned before the foundation of the world.Ephesians chapter 1, verses 3 through 6says, 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.…
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…not man, and it was all according to his purpose, by his will, but for, for the praise of his grace. So, let's just look at a couple verses here.Ephesians 1, verse 4. We all love Ephesians 1, but some people just don't know what to do with these verses. They kind of skip over them, or whatever. Verse 4. Even as…
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