If Ephesians chapter 1 is where we'll be, and this morning we'll begin at verse 3.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly

realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation

of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption

to sonship and daughter ship through Jesus Christ in accordance with his pleasure and will

to the praise of his glorious grace which he has freely given us in the one he loves. In

him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the

riches of God's grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding he made

known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure which he purposed in

Christ to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment, to bring unity to

all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. In him we were also chosen having been

predestined according to the plan of him who works everything in conformity with the

purpose of his will in order that we who were first who were the first to put our hope

in Christ might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were included in Christ when

you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation when you believed. You were

marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit who is a deposit guaranteeing our

inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession to the praise of his

glory. This is the word of the Lord.

What's up, man? Okay. Okay, y'all up. Okay. So it was another day in the Midwest when

he walked up to his school locker to find himself face to face with the swastika once again.

Questions and frustrations were spinning through his mind. Why are my people hated by

something? He thought to himself. The school hallways were supposed to be a place where

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