Ephesians 1:1-14 Have you been chosen by God to be saved?

Summary: A verse by verse examination of what the book of Ephesians in the Bible teaches. This message covers Ephesians 1:1-14 an introduction to this epistle and discussion of adoption and eternal security.

Bible References: Ephesians 1:1-14 ( KJV ) ¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:  ²Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:  ⁴According 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:  ⁵Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,  ⁶To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.  ⁷In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;  ⁸Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;  ⁹Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:  ¹⁰That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:  ¹¹In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:  ¹²That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.  ¹³In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,  ¹⁴Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

John 6:63-68 ( KJV ) ⁶³It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.  ⁶⁴But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.  ⁶⁵And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.  ⁶⁶From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.  ⁶⁷Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?  ⁶⁸Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

1 Corinthians 1:30 ( KJV ) ³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ( KJV ) ¹³But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.  ¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.  ¹⁵For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  ¹⁶For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  ¹⁷Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.  ¹⁸Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Galatians 3:6-14 ( KJV ) ⁶Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.  ⁷Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.  ⁸And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.  ⁹So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.  ¹⁰For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.  ¹¹But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.  ¹²And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.  ¹³Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:  ¹⁴That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.