EPHESIANS 1: YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST SEPTEMBER 8, 2024 SESSION 4

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EPHESIANS 1: YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST SEPTEMBER 8, 2024 SESSION 4 è Ephesians 1:1-10 Review: In Christ I am…. • Blessed with every spiritual blessing • Chosen; holy and blameless; loved and predestined to adoption; accepted in Christ; redeemed; forgiven è Ephesians 1:11: we have an inheritance (not earned by self-righteousness, striving) (See Romans 8:16, 17) è Our pre-set destination in Christ is to be conformed and transformed into His image and likeness! (See Romans 8:29; Romans 12:1, 2; 2 Corinthians 3:18) è “IN DUE TIME” (At the right, God-appointed time) • God exists outside of time, but intervenes in time and space! • Our lives have “due times”…. “appointed times”, • See Ecclesiastes 3:1; Galatians 4:4, 1 Peter 5:6, 7; Galatians 6:7-9 è Ephesians 1:12: In Christ, God is working all things according to the counsel of His will! (See Romans 8:28) ✸Not immediately, but always ultimately for those in Christ! è God grants us direction through: • The inner voice of the Holy Spirit (Philippians 2:13) • His Word • His ordering and overseeing of our life circumstances and events • Other people (get confirmation)