{"id":50417,"date":"2024-12-28T19:32:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T00:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daybread.org\/ciw\/y2025-en\/b155\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T19:32:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T00:32:18","slug":"b155","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/daybread.org\/ciw\/y2025-en\/b155\/","title":{"rendered":"b6_4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"Schedule\" data_verse=\"Eph:1\"\/><b>EPHESIANS 1<br\/>\nSubject:<br\/>\nThe Church The Mystery of Christ,<br\/>\nthe Body of Christ as the Fullness of Christ,<br\/>\nBecoming the Fullness of God<br\/>\nI. Introduction <br\/>\n<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li value=1>Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus:<\/li>\n<li value=2>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ol><b>II. The Blessings and Position <br\/>\nReceived by the Church in Christ <br\/>\nA. God&#8217;s Blessings to the Church <br\/>\n1. The Father&#8217;s Selection <br\/>\nand Predestination, <br\/>\nSpeaking Forth God&#8217;s Eternal Purpose <br\/>\n<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li value=3>Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ,<\/li>\n<li value=4>Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish before Him in love,<\/li>\n<li value=5>Predestinating us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,<\/li>\n<li value=6>To the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He graced us in the Beloved;<\/li>\n<\/ol><b>2. The Son&#8217;s Redemption, <br\/>\nSpeaking Forth the Accomplishment <br\/>\nof God&#8217;s Eternal Purpose <br\/>\n<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li value=7>In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of offenses, according to the riches of His grace,<\/li>\n<li value=8>Which He caused to abound to us in all wisdom and prudence,<\/li>\n<li value=9>Making known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself,<\/li>\n<li value=10>Unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him;<\/li>\n<li value=11>In whom also we were designated as an inheritance, having been predestinated according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of His will,<\/li>\n<li value=12>That we would be to the praise of His glory who have first hoped in Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ol><b>3. 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