"Every Spiritual Blessing" Part 1

Part One: The New Life Which God has Given Us in Christ - (1:3-2:10)

Part Two: The New Society Which God has Created through Christ - (2:11-3:21)

Part Three: The New Standards Which God Expects of His New Society—Unity and Purity - (4:1-5:21)

Part Four: The New Relationships Into Which God Has Brought Us - (5:21-6:24)

Ephesians 1:3 NASB95

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

I. Our Riches from God the Father (the Planner of Salvation) - (vv.3-6)

A. He has BLESSED Us - (v.3)

2 Peter 1:3–4 NASB95

seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

“All that Christ is, we become!”

B. He has CHOSEN and/or PREDESTINED Us - (vv.4-5a, 11)

John 6:44 NASB95

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

John 15:16 NASB95

“You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

Mark 13:20 NASB95

“Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

Acts 13:48 NASB95

When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

2 Thessalonians 2:13–14 NASB95

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth. It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 1:9 NASB95

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

Revelation 17:8 NASB95

“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.

Ephesians 2:9 NASB95

not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

C. He has SANCTIFIED Us - (v.4b)

1 Thessalonians 5:23–24 NASB95

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.

1 Peter 1:13–16 NASB95

Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

D. He has ADOPTED Us - (v.5)

Galatians 3:26 NASB95

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:14–16 NASB95

For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,

E. He has ACCEPTED Us - (v.6)

1 Peter 2:5 NASB95

you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:14 NASB95

For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.