What makes the gospel -good news-- In this passage, we learn specific ways in which God blesses us -in Christ- and how it relates to salvation. We'll see that Christ is our Redemption -vv. 7-8a-, our revelation -vv. 8b-9-, and our resolution -v. 10-.

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How are we to understand the doctrines of election and predestination- In our verses today, we learn that being chosen by God simply means that the blessed God blesses us. In other words, election is a blessing and should result in our praise. So, we'll note His choice means that He's the source of our blessings, that He's the cause of our blessings, and that He has a goal in our blessings.

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What is the message of the Book of Ephesians- Many Christians look forward to studying the practical elements of Paul's letter, such as its teaching on marriage and family, this letter rests upon a concise summary of all his doctrine. The aim of this message is simply to introduce this excellent portion of inspired Scripture so we can learn God's teaching in it together.

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We look at article ten---WE AFFIRM that God created mankind male and female and that this divinely determined distinction is good, proper, and to be celebrated. Maleness and femaleness are biologically determined at conception and are not subject to change. The curse of sin results in sinful, disordered affections that manifest in some people as same-sex attraction. Salvation grants sanctifying power to renounce such dishonorable affections as sinful and to mortify them by the Spirit. We further affirm that God's design for marriage is that one woman and one man live in a one-flesh, covenantal, sexual relationship until separated by death. Those who lack the desire or opportunity for marriage are called to serve God in singleness and chastity. This is as noble a calling as marriage.----WE DENY that human sexuality is a socially constructed concept. We also deny that one's sex can be fluid. We reject -gay Christian- as a legitimate biblical category. We further deny that any kind of partnership or union can properly be called marriage other than one man and one woman in lifelong covenant together. We further deny that people should be identified as -sexual minorities--which serves as a cultural classification rather than one that honors the image-bearing character of human sexuality as created by God.

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We look at Article 9---WE AFFIRM that heresy is a denial of or departure from a doctrine that is essential to the Christian faith. We further affirm that heresy often involves the replacement of key, essential truths with variant concepts, or the elevation of non-essentials to the status of essentials. To embrace heresy is to depart from the faith once delivered to the saints and thus to be on a path toward spiritual destruction. We affirm that the accusation of heresy should be reserved for those departures from Christian truth that destroy the weight-bearing doctrines of the redemptive core of Scripture. We affirm that accusations of heresy should be accompanied with clear evidence of such destructive beliefs.--WE DENY that the charge of heresy can be legitimately brought against every failure to achieve perfect conformity to all that is implied in sincere faith in the gospel.