Ephesians 1:8

"which He lavished on us in all wisdom and insight"
*goes with vs 7*

Verse 8:

He Lavishes (abounds, bountiful, freely and generously gives) His grace through His infinite wisdom

• He knew at creation that we would be fallen sinners in desperate need of His saving grace.

Ephesians 1:7

"In Him you have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace." Eph 1:7

Verse 7:

Through His Blood we are redeemed

• Bought, given value
• all sins, past present and future, forgiven
• His grace is bountiful, full, and rich
  

Ephesians 1:6

"to the praise and glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved." Eph 1:6

Verse 6:

He did all to the praise of the glory of His Grace

• He gave us a 2^nd chance to live eternally with Him=>Grace
• He did this to show us part of His abounding Glory
• His glory inspires praise
• Only His glory
• His glory requires praise

He gave us His Beloved (Son) freely (willingly) to bestow (grant graciously) His redeeming grace on us undeserving sinners.

Epesians 1:5

"He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself according to the kind intention of His will" Eph 1:5

Verse 5: Predestined

• Determined before our existence

Us

• All inclusive

He chose us to be with Him as His children through the pure kindness of His will

Ephesians 1:4

"Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him in love." Eph 1:4

Verse 4: He chose us before Creation

• Through His love He has chosen us to be holy and blameless
• Righteous, guiltless, sinless, pure
• Only through Him

Ephesians 1:1-3

"Paul and apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, to the Saint who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ" Eph 1:1-2

• a simple introduction

• who is writing
• who it is written to

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessingin the heavenly places in Christ" Eph 1:3

Chapter 1

Verse 3: He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places

• Through Christ we receive spiritual blessing
• Through Christ we are given blessings in Heaven
• A place for us
• Treasures in Heaven

Welcome

Welcome to daily bread. I have started this blog as a way to get deeper into scripture, one verse at a time. I will be taking one book at a time one verse at a time from start to finish and recording the reflections the Holy Spirit places on my heart as I read it. I realize that taking one verse at a time out of context can be a dangerous thing so please be aware that this is not my intent or purpose; I am simply trying to spend my time in the word meditating on what it says one verse at a time and would like to share my thoughts with you.