Accepted in the Beloved
Vanoverloop expounds Ephesians 1:6 to show how God's sovereign grace makes believers "accepted in the beloved" through Christ, emphasizing that our acceptance before God rests entirely on divine grace and predestination rather than personal merit. The article addresses the believer's struggle with assurance and conscience, demonstrating how understanding God's electing grace and adopted status provides comfort against Satan's accusations. Through careful exegesis of Paul's language, the author celebrates the wonder of being made "highly graced" through God's work of salvation in Christ.
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. Ephesians 1:6 The devil loves to separate. He worked hard in the old dispensation to separate God from His people, accusing them of being unworthy of any blessing (Rev. 12:10b). He delights to separate believer from believer. He loves to destroy the unity of the body of Christ with all sorts of schismatic activity. The devil delights to separate believers from the assurance of their salvation. There are...
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