Masterpiece | Part 1

Ephesians 1:1-6 ESV

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the

saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ

Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord

Jesus Christ.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 he predestined us for adoption to

himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of

his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has

blessed us in the Beloved.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the

forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his

grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making

known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose,

which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to

unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.In

him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined

according to the purpose of him who works all things according to

the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in

Christ might be to the praise of his glory.In him you also, when

you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and

believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is

the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,

to the praise of his glory.

1) You cannot know the peace of God until you

experience the grace of God.

2) It is not what we can do for God but it's what God

has done for us that's most important.

3) God takes pleasure in our love and obedience to

Him.