Today we’re starting a new series through the Book of Ephesians to explore the great riches found in Christ. In the book, the apostle Paul uses the phrase “in Christ” some 8 times in the first chapter and 5 times in the second. Paul is shouting out to his listeners that you are rich in Christ and you don’t have to live like a poor pauper anymore.

3. Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the
will of God, to the saints in Ephesus, the
faithful in Christ Jesus.

4. Ephesians 1:2
Grace and peace to you from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

7. John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose
you…

11. I Peter 1:18-19
For you know that it was not with
perishable things such as silver or gold
that you were redeemed from the empty
way of life handed down to you from your
forefathers but with the precious blood of
Christ…

12. Ps. 103:12 As far as the east is from the
west, so far has he put our sins from us.
Micah 7:19 You will tread our sins
underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into
the depths of the sea.

14. Ephesians 1:13
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.