love, each must first know his and her identity in Christ. Each person must know who he or she is in relation to Jesus Christ and understand this new life in Christ.
The apostle Paul tells us that, as God’s beloved children, we have been blessed in Christ with every spiritual blessing.
To whom do we belong?
What are the spiritual blessings that God has blessed us with in Christ?
Name three of these spiritual blessings that you learned about in Ephesians 1:1–10:
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We have received the past blessing of being “chosen” in Christ before the foundations of the world. You became a part of God’s family when you came to believe in Jesus Christ, a global family both here on the earth and in heaven. You do not stand alone. You were chosen by your loving God, called out for his divine purposes and for his good pleasure. What a privilege! What a calling! You are his children through Jesus Christ, accepted in the Beloved. As children, you are still growing and learning, still in process. Although you have not yet arrived, you are still working together as a community on the way to perfection in Christ. Just reflect on this truth: You were chosen in Christ before you were even born. God knew that you would exist one day and be his beloved child. You have always been precious to him even before you existed.
What does it mean that you were chosen before the foundations of the world?
And what were you chosen for? Read verse 4.
Imagine God chose you in love to be holy and blameless before him—an awesome privilege, but a grave responsibility.
The second spiritual blessing is that God adopted you as his daughter through Jesus Christ according to God’s good pleasure. God took great joy in planning beforehand to adopt you into his family and grant you freedom from your sins through the blood of Christ.
What does it mean that you were adopted by God? Why did you need to be adopted?
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