1. Why did God save me? Ephesians 1:6 Ephesians 1:12 Ephesians 1:14
So I can go to heaven when I die
So I will be forgiven, free from guilt
So I will love and serve people better
So I will tell others how to get to heaven
So I can become a better person – better marriage, parenting
Ephesians 1:6
Ephesians 1:12
Ephesians 1:14
Ephesians 2:7
It’s not about me! It’s about God’s glory!

2. What Forgiveness is like
(Psalms 103:12) as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
(Isaiah 44:22) I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you."
(Jeremiah 31:34) "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
(Micah 7:19) You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

3. Forgiven and Free of Condemnation
(Revelation 12:10) For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.
(Romans 8:1) Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
(Romans 8:33-34) Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. {34} Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died…is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.

4. Paraphrase – Ephesians 1:11-12
Verse 11 – God saved me because He does what He wants and my salvation fits into His plan.
Verse 12 – God’s purpose for saving me was that people would praise Him as a result.
(Psalms 115:1,3) Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness…{3} Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.