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4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy I like the word order in the original Greek of this passage. It reads, “But God being rich in mercy, on account of his great love which he loved us.” Everything in our life starts with the richness of God’sContinue reading “4Jun2008 Eph 2:4”

18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. The life of a Jesus-follower is a life ofContinue reading “3Jun2008 Eph 1:18-19a”

In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will Can you imagine, God gets pleasure from us! The One who created everything, who created pleasure in the first place, receives pleasure from us. That is one of the great mysteries of theContinue reading “2Jun2008 Eph 1:4c-5”

4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. Our purpose in life is to be holy and blameless before God. Our purpose is not to be happy and content, or any other short sighted, narrow goal. God has huge goals, impossible goals,Continue reading “1Jun2008 Eph 1:4”