Ephesians 1:1-10 (ESV)
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 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, 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 adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
Before the foundation of the world God chose us in Christ. God desires for us to serve Him and to live for Him. God has chosen those who have put their faith in Christ and are walking according to His will. God has predestined us for adoption as sons. How wonderful and awesome to think that God has chosen us for adoption. What marvelous grace God has bestowed upon us to give us forgiveness through the blood of his son. How amazing his grace that he would adopt us. How wonderful that we have been born in this time that we can become Christians and that we can know the mystery of his will that were not known and understood before Christ and the deliverance of the new testament. May we seek each day to live a life that glorifies him that we may be found in Christ when he returns.
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