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Podcast: Basically Biblical
Episode: Day 340 β Chosen, Redeemed, and United in Christ β Ephesians 1β3 | Bible In A Year (CSB)
Description: In the opening half of Ephesians, Paul lifts our eyes to the sweeping scope of Godβs plan in Christ. He praises God for choosing, redeeming, and sealing believers through Jesus, emphasizing that salvation is entirely by grace through faith. Paul then reveals the mystery once hiddenβthat Jews and Gentiles are now united as one body in Christ. These chapters ground the Christian life not in effort, but in identity, reminding us who we are and what God has already done.Questions:1. Paul repeatedly emphasizes that salvation is by grace, not works. Why is it so easy to drif...