When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit

 Ephesians 1:1-14

To God’s holy people in Ephesus,[a] the faithful in Christ Jesus. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.

In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.

When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

Why?

We were chosen by the Lord so we have many blessings, wisdom, and understanding.

We were chosen not because of how good I am but because of the love that comes upon me, according to the plan of him who worked out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.

The Spirit is a seal when we believed in Jesus. Who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession - to the praise of his glory.

The Holy Spirit is a seal that we have the inheritance until redemption.

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神賜我們天上各樣的福氣，所有的福氣

1)神的揀選  按自己的旨意，所喜悅的，過程中神犧牲愛子道成肉身，耶穌要承擔罪，如一個有潔僻的人甘願擔負汙穢罪。我們送禮物給人，是先想到這個人，所以神早已先選擇了我們，思念我們，才送我們這禮物。

神用諸般智慧： 表示神殷切期盼，精心設計的

充充足足的，豐富的。神不僅讓我們從負債，不僅歸零而且還豐盛有餘，神的愛對我們是敞開的，我們反而常常隔著一層在弟兄姊妹當中相處！

在耶穌基督裏同歸於一： 我們在耶穌基督裏找到我們的身份、位置、價值。如同拼圖的每一塊！合起來成為一個整體！

2)愛子在基督裏 得兒子的名份

3)成為神的基業

4)得基業的保證：神深怕我們擔心，要我們放心，心裏平安，住在我們心裏。目的在使神的榮耀得著稱讚！

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How?

Our salvation won't be in vain for the Holy Spirit is our seal in life.