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Ephesians chapter 1, verse 3.

Let these words soak in.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him

before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love,

he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ,

according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace with which he has blessed

us in the beloved. Oh, I can keep going on. The next verses are just as awesome, but let that soak in.

God in Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. God shows us in him

before the foundation of the world.

I don't even know how to comprehend that.

And there's mystery here.

Even all this talk about predestination and choosing.

So how does this work?

I don't understand how it all works, but I believe Ephesians 1, 3 through 6 here,

that before a star was ever placed in the sky, before the

foundation of the world, God chose to pour out his love on sinners like me. He predestined us

for adoption to himself as sons, that we would be his children. That is something he set in motion before I was even existent,

all to the praise of his glorious grace.

There is no other explanation I have for my salvation.

You have for your salvation.

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