THE BLESSINGS OF BEING IN CHRIST
Ephesians: Cosmic Truth For Common People
Ephesians 1.3-14
v. 3 “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.” (esv)
WHAT ARE THE BLESSINGS OF BEING IN CHRIST?
WE EXPERIENCE …
THE JOY OF BEING CHOSEN
v. 4 “… even as he chose us in him …” (esv)
v. 4 “… before the foundation of the world …” (esv)
v. 4b “… that we should be holy and blameless before him.” (esv)
vv. 5-6 “In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons … in the Beloved.” (esv)
John 17.22–23 “The glory that you have given me I have given to them … so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me … because you loved me before the foundation of the world.” (esv)
THE FREEDOM OF BEING REDEEMED
v. 7 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses …” (esv)
vv. 7-8 “… according to the riches of his grace which he lavished upon us …” (esv)
Psalm 103.12 “As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” (csb)
THE CONFIDENCE OF SEEING GOD’S PLAN
v. 9–10 “He made known to us the mystery of his will … a plan … to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth …” (csb)
v. 11 “… having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will …” (esv)
v. 14 “… to the praise of his glory.” (esv)