2. Our Spiritual blessings in Christ Ephesians 1:1-16

3. Jean Preston

6. 1. Those in Christ are Spiritual Billionaires

7. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit Ephesians 1:13

8. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world... he predestined us to be adopted as his sons Ephesians 1:4

9. 2.Paul spells out what we have ‘in Christ’

10. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight Ephesians 1:4

11. he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ Ephesians 1:5

12. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace Ephesians 1:7

15. Artists impression of the temple of Artemis in Ephesus

16. 3. Everything God does for us… ultimately brings Glory to Him

17. …to the praise of his glorious grace… v6 …might be for the praise of his glory… v12 …to the praise of his glory… v14 Ephesians 1