Welcome to the Gospel Coalition podcast, equipping the next generation of believers,

pastors, and church leaders to shape life and ministry around the gospel.

On today's episode, you'll hear a keynote message from John Piper from TGC's 2025 National Conference.

I hope you will turn with me to Ephesians chapter 1.

We're going to read verses 3 through 14.

Ephesians chapter 1

verses 3 through 14

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 the glory of His grace,

which He has blessed us, with which He has blessed us in the Beloved.

In Him, we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according

to the riches of His grace, which he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known

to us the mystery of His will according to his good pleasure or the purpose

with which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time to unite all things in

Him, things in heaven and things on the earth.

In Him we have obtained an inheritance having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of His glory.

In Him you also, when you heard the Word of Truth, the gospel of your salvation,

and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession

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