Ephesians 1 3 6 3 Blessed be the

Ephesians 1: 3 -6 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

Ephesians 1: 3 -6 The blessings of salvation from the Father: I. Divine Election (1: 3 -4) II. Divine Predestination (1: 5) III. Divine Grace (1: 6)

Ephesians 1: 3 -6 III. Divine Grace (1: 6) …to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. § Grace is seen in the doctrine of election. In Romans 11: 5 we read, In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice.

Ephesians 1: 3 -6 III. Divine Grace (1: 6) …to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. § Grace is seen in the doctrine of redemption. In Romans 3: 23 -24 we read, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus…

Ephesians 1: 3 -6 III. Divine Grace (1: 6) …to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. § Grace is seen in the doctrine of God’s calling. In 2 Timothy 1: 9 we read that it is God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity…

Ephesians 1: 3 -6 III. Divine Grace (1: 6) …to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. A. What is grace? “the unmerited, the unearned favor or blessing of God. ” Grace – “charis” - “favor, blessing, or kindness. ” Grace – is the undeserved influence and intervention of the Lord in our lives if we would be saved. (see Romans 3: 20 -22)

Acts 20: 32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

2 Corinthians 9: 8 “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed…”

Luke 18: 26 -27 “Then who can be saved? ” asked the disciples. Jesus responded, “The things that are impossible with people are possible with God. ”

Hebrews 12: 2

Ephesians 1: 3 -6 III. Divine Grace (1: 6) …to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. B. What is the “glory” of grace? that which is highly praised; greatly honored that which is weighty; heavy; intense

Ephesians 1: 3 -6 III. Divine Grace (1: 6) …to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. C. What is grace “freely bestowed”? to make someone highly favored; to confer upon a person the highest of blessings.

Ephesians 1: 3 -6 III. Divine Grace (1: 6) …to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. C. What is grace “freely bestowed”? “To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved” (KJV) To be favored with acceptance and accessibility