This document discusses the concept of living a life worthy of God's calling through Jesus Christ. It references several passages from the book of Ephesians that talk about being rooted in love, God richly blessing and saving us through grace even when we were dead in our sins, and how God chose and predestined believers for adoption as his children before the creation of the world so that they may praise his grace.

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5. Ephesians 4:1-3 “ I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”

6. Ephesians 3:17b-19 “… that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

7. Ephesians 2:4-5 “… but God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him .”

8. What’s in this amazing act of Grace that saves us? Loved boundlessly by the Father (Eph 1:3-6) Selection Through the sacrifice of the Son (Eph 1:7-12) Sacrifice Sealed for eternity by the Spirit (Eph 1:13-14) Sealed

10. Ephesians 1:3-4 “ 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, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him ”

11. Ephesians 1:4-6 “… he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved ”