"Chosen"

October 13, 2014

“Chosen”

Blessings folk!

Paul had greeted the Believers at Ephesus…
  • by declaring his calling...an apostle by the will of God
  • by reminding them of who they were...saints, faithful in Jesus Christ
  • by speaking grace and peace to them...from Father through Jesus

Paul then…
  • blessed God
  • reminded them of every spiritual blessing they, we, have in the Lord

Now, read the next verse...new daily portion will be in bold…

Ephesians 1:3-4
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,
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love...


Ephesians 1...well, all of Ephesians has Truth that many within the Body of Christ do not want to consider. We do well to learn the Truth, then bring our thinking into alignment with the Truth.

Verse 4 tells us a profound truth.

We are chosen in the Lord Jesus before the foundation of the world.
Before anything was spoken into existence, Believers were chosen.
It is that simple.
Chosen.
Of course, immediately folk want to the go to the corollaries of the mind of man.
Do not do that yet.
Simply know that we are chosen before the foundation of the world.
This means the world was “founded”...laid...created.
We were chosen before then.

To what purpose were we chosen?
To be holy before Him.
To be blameless before Him.
In love…?

In the “contemporary” translations of the Word “In love…” is placed at the beginning of a new sentence which carries over to verse 5.
This might be correct.

Here is the Authorized Version…

Ephesians 1:4
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:


We are to be holy and without blame before Him in love.
No doubt.

As we will see tomorrow, the “contemporary” versions state “In love He predestined us for adoption…”
Also, no doubt true.

Today, know that you are…if a a True Believer...

  • chosen before the foundation of the world by the Most High
  • chosen to be holy before Him in love
  • chosen to be without blame before Him in love
  • chosen by Him in love for adoption…

Due to this choosing, every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places is ours.
Why worry?
Why fret?
Why doubt?