You are Rich!

Ephesians 1:1–6 NKJV

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 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, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

Anecdote on the “will”. The “will” of God and the “will” of Christ.

The Source of all blessing God.

Our relationship with Him - Our Father

Through Our Lord Jesus Christ

The totality of what He has done for us:

He has blessed us..

(with what?)

With every spiritual blessing ---

(from where?)

In the heavenly places in Christ,

He chose us in Him

(when?)

From the foundation of the world

(for what purpose)

That we should be Holy and without blame before Him in love.

(how?)

Having predestined us to adoption (He Predestined us)(election refers to people)

(to become what in relation to Him?)

adopted as sons

Adoption has a dual meaning.. we did not get into God’s family by adoption.. but rather by regeneration, by the new birth..

the adoption gave the “little born ones” an adult standing in the family — that we immediately may get the right to our spiritual inheritance..

There’s a future aspect - the final redemption..

(by Whom)

By Jesus Christ to Himself

To what end:

According to

1) the good pleasure of His will..

2) to the praise of the glory of His grace

The final outcome for us:

“By which He made us accepted in the beloved.”

God has accepted us. Nor on our own but by His grace. in the Beloved.