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2.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. EPHESIANS 1:1-2 ESV

3.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level in Christ in him 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. EPHESIANS 1:3-4 ESV

4.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level through Jesus Christ in the Beloved In love 5 he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. EPHESIANS 1:4b-6 ESV

5.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level In him in Christ in him 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. EPHESIANS 1:7-10 ESV

6.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level In him 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. EPHESIANS 1:11-12 ESV

7.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level In him in him 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. EPHESIANS 1:13-14 ESV

8.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level in Christ with every spiritual blessing 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places… EPHESIANS 1:3-4 ESV

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12.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level the knowledge of him, 15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints… EPHESIANS 1:15-18 ESV

13.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level may have strength to comprehend 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith— that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, EPHESIANS 3:14-18 ESV

14.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, think, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. EPHESIANS 3:19-21 ESV

15.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level chose us in him …even as he chose us in him … EPHESIANS 1:4a ESV

16.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level chose us in him …even as he chose us in him … Does this mean God chose us as individuals in Christ? Or did God choose us collectively in Christ? What’s the difference between being chosen and being chosen in him? EPHESIANS 1:4a ESV

17.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level chose us in him …even as he chose us in him … Does this mean God chose us as individuals in Christ? Or did God choose us collectively in Christ? EPHESIANS 1:4a ESV

18.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level chose us in him …even as he chose us in him … Does this mean God chose us as individuals in Christ? Or did God choose us collectively in Christ? EPHESIANS 1:4a ESV Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

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21.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level chose us in him …even as he chose us in him … What’s the difference between being chosen and being chosen in him? EPHESIANS 1:4a ESV

22.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level chose us in him …even as he chose us in him … What’s the difference between being chosen and being chosen in him? EPHESIANS 1:4a ESV 1 Peter 1:3b According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…

23.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level chose us in him …even as he chose us in him … What’s the difference between being chosen and being chosen in him? EPHESIANS 1:4a ESV John 1:12-13 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

24.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level chose us in him …even as he chose us in him … What’s the difference between being chosen and being chosen in him? EPHESIANS 1:4a ESV 1 Peter 1:20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

25.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level …even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world… In love he predestined us for adoption… …according to the purpose of his will… …in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. …having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will… EPHESIANS 1:4-11 ESV

26.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level …even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world… In love he predestined us for adoption… …according to the purpose of his will… …in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. …having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will… EPHESIANS 1:4-11 ESV Ephesians 1:9 NLT 1996 God’s secret plan has now been revealed to us; it is a plan centered on Christ, designed long ago according to his good pleasure.

27.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level …even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world… In love he predestined us for adoption… …according to the purpose of his will… …in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. …having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will… EPHESIANS 1:4-11 ESV Ephesians 1:13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit…

28.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level …even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world… In love he predestined us for adoption… …according to the purpose of his will… …in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. …having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will… EPHESIANS 1:4-11 ESV Hear the Gospel + Believe in Jesus Sealed w/ the Spirit Hear the Gospel + Believe in Jesus Sealed w/ the Spirit

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30.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Genesis 2:16-17 16 And the L ORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” COVENANT OF WORKS

31.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Promises made to… Eve (Gen. 3:15) Noah (Gen. 9:12-16 Abraham (Gen. 12:1-3; 17) Moses (Ex. 24:4-8) David (Ps. 89:3-4) Those who are in Christ through the New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-34) COVENANT OF GRACE

32.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level An agreement between the Father and the Son COVENANT OF REDEMPTION

33.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level An agreement between the Father and the Son eternal covenant Hebrews 13:20-21 20 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. COVENANT OF REDEMPTION

34.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level An agreement between the Father and the Son Ephesians 1:5 NLT God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. COVENANT OF REDEMPTION

35.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level An agreement between the Father and the Son Ephesians 1:5 NLT God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. COVENANT OF REDEMPTION which he lavished upon us… Ephesians 1:7-8a ESV 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8a which he lavished upon us…

36.  Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 1.Pray 1:15-23 and 3:14-21 for each other. 2.Dig into Ephesians personally. 3.Dig into Ephesians together. MINE THE DEPTHS OF WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST

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