Summary
And at the start of this prayer, we read in verses four and five, he that is God the Father, chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him in love. When you had heard the word of truth, and we know in Romans it says that faith, faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ. He has made it so that you would hear the word of truth, that you would hear the good news, which is the gospel of your salvation, and God draws to Himself those who He will resurrect to be with Him also from our gospel. We only know what has been revealed to us in His Word, which is that verse 7 of our Ephesians text, in Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace. The Father chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy, and blameless before Him in love. Just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love, he destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the beloved.
Video citations
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