God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. (Eph 1:3)James 1:17, 2 Pt 1:3, Eph 1:7-9 All blessings come from God. (James 1:17) James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither […]
God makes us sons of God through Jesus Christ (Eph 1:4-7)Jn 1:12, Jn 3:16, 1 Jn 5:1, Rom 3:24 Eph 1:4 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:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children […]
The Mystery of God’s Plan of Our Salvation, Christ (Eph 1:9)Rom 16:25-26, Col 1:26-27, Col 2:2, 1 Jn 1:1-2 The mystery that God prepared from before the foundation of the world to save us is Christ. Eph 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he […]
One all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and whichare on earth—in Him. (Eph 1:10)Col 3:11, 1 Cor 15:27, Phil 2:10-11 God has united all things in Christ. (Eph 1:10, Col 3:11) Eph 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, […]
God has chosen us from the beginning to believe in Jesus as the Christ and to be sealed by the Holy Spirit. (Eph 1:11-14)Isa 46:10, 2 Thess 2:13-14, 1 Pt 2:9, 2 Tim 1:9 God foretells what He will accomplish. (Isa 46:10) Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the […]
When we heard the gospel that Jesus was the Christ, we believed and received the seal of the Holy Spirit. (Eph 1:13)Ezk 36:27, Acts 5:30-32, 2 Cor 1:21-22 It was prophesied in the Old Testament that God would give us the Holy Spirit to keep God’s law. (Ezk 36:27) Ezk 36:27 And I will put […]
God may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him (Eph 1:17-19)Jn 6:28-29, Jn 14:6, Jn 6: 39-40, Col 1:9 It is God’s work to believe that Christ, the one sent by God, is Jesus. Also, when we believe in Jesus as the Christ, we can come to know […]
God confirmed that Jesus was the Christ prophesied in the Old Testament by raising Jesus from the dead. (Eph 1:20)Acts 2:23-36, 2 Cor 13:4, Rom 4:24 Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Acts 2:23 Him, […]
God put all things under Christ’s feet (Eph 1:21-22)Isa 9:6-7, Lk 1:31-33, Phil 2:9-10, Ps 8:6, Mt 28:18, 1 Cor 15:27-28 God promised to send Christ to rule the earth. (Isa 9:6-7, Ps 8:6) Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon […]
Christ, head of the church, supreme in all things (Eph 1:22-23)Eph 4:12, 15-16, Rom 12:5, Col 1:18, Col 2:19 Christ is the head of the church. As the church, we must follow Christ and grow through Christ. Eph 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over […]