Before the world was ever established, God knew you and he loved you.

There has never been a time in eternity that God did not know you and did not love you.

For as long as you have been in existence from eternity past, he's known about you, he has cherished you,

and he has planned to redeem you and to save you.

Welcome back to the Summit Life podcast with J.D. Greer. At Summit Life, you'll often hear the phrase deep and wide. What does that actually mean? Going deep means the gospel isn't just something we

hear. It reshapes how we see God, how we understand ourselves, and how we live each day. The gospel

moves from information to transformation. But when the gospel truly goes deep, never stays there.

It naturally goes wide into our relationships, our workplaces,

our neighborhoods, and ultimately to the world. God's design has always been that changed lives

would lead to changed communities. So whether you're new to faith or have followed Jesus for

years, this same mission is for you too. If you want to grow deeper in the gospel and

be part of advancing it wider, we invite you to come explore Summit Lights by visiting

JD Greer.com. Today, Pastor JD kicks off a new teaching series through the book of Ephesians

called Love Incorruptible. He begins by looking at the concept of predestination, and he's helping

us see that while some things are not meant to be fully understood, we can know this for certain.

We were chosen for the glory of God.

Today, we start a study on the book of Ephesians. I do want to give you a little

theological, a little warning this weekend. I hope that you brought your theological big boy

pants with you because in this chapter we are going to wrestle with one of the most

difficult, one of the most difficult but perhaps most precious of all biblical truths.

This is so important and so difficult and so just mind-blowing

that I've actually tried to commit it to memory. Do you mind if I try it out on you? I'm only like 80%

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