1. Living Out Our Identity Ephesians 1:1-6

2. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation…” 2 Corinthians 5:17a

3. “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 1:1-2

4. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,” Ephesians 1:3

5. “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.” Ephesians 1:4-6

6. I.We Were Chosen in Christ from Eternity Past

7. “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world,” Ephesians 1:4a

8. II. We Were Chosen in Christ for an Exceptional Purpose

9. “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.” Ephesians 1:4

10. II. We Were Chosen in Christ for an Exceptional Purpose “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit,” Hebrews 4:12

11. II. We Were Chosen in Christ for an Exceptional Purpose “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:31-32

12. II. We Were Chosen in Christ for an Exceptional Purpose “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.” Ephesians 1:4

13. III. We Were Chosen in Christ to an Extraordinary Adoption

14. “having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.” Ephesians 1:5-6

15. III. We Were Chosen in Christ to an Extraordinary Adoption 1.You were granted the same legal rights as the natural firstborn.

16. III. We Were Chosen in Christ to an Extraordinary Adoption 1.You were granted the same legal rights as the natural firstborn. 2.You were freed from the control of your biological parents.

17. III. We Were Chosen in Christ to an Extraordinary Adoption “…the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.” 1 Corinthians 10:20