Well, it's the particular joy of our Fellowship these days to be going through the book of Ephesians on Sunday mornings and we are delighted to go back there again today. It is a book that presents a high and exalted view of salvation. It is a book that we need to know if we are going to become the Christians that God would have us to be. So, I invite you to turn to the book of Ephesians chapter 1, for our message this morning and in broadest summary you could say that the Apostle Paul wrote the book of Ephesians to encourage Christians to appreciate the greatness of their calling in Christ and to see its implications for their present conduct on earth.
In the first three chapters you see salvation lifted high and attributed to the good pleasure of God. In the final three chapters, chapters 4-6, you see the implications of what that means for how we live. And one of the wonderful things about the book of Ephesians is, is that as it lifts us to a noble sense of our calling in Christ, it also brings us low before a sovereign and holy God. It teaches us that our salvation is a result of the good pleasure of God, not of anything that we sought to do on our own. And today what we want to do is we want to focus on the purpose of God in eternity past when he chose us for salvation in Christ...
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Don is the founding pastor of Truth Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. He holds Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees with highest honors from The Master's Seminary.  Â
He had previously served as an elder at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California....