Spiritual Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: about 1 truth
Servings Per Verse: Unknown


Text: Ephesians 1:5


*ESV:
In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.

*ETS:
God predetermined our adoption through Christ for the purpose of making us his children.

*DTFTD:

God loves those he calls out of the world. In love he has willed their relationship with him to be permanent by adoption through Christ. He also predetermined to give them adult status that they may begin to enjoy being joint heirs with Christ, (knowing and doing the will of God).

*EDS:

To the Saved: You are loved of God; you have been predestined to be God’s child; your life in Christ affords you access to God as an adult son or daughter (Gal. 4:5; Romans 8:15: 9:4).
Praise the Lord!


INGREDIENTS: A message of God’s love; A word on predestination and the purpose of adoption; A statement concerning the salvation event being according to the purpose of God’s will. Word Study: “proorizo” (transliterated Greek word) translated “predestined.” The word means “to decide upon beforehand, predestine.” God’s decision to adopt the believer was and is his “plan A.” There is no “plan b” in the God’s purposes.

*ESV- English Standard Version; ETS- Essence of the Text in a Sentence; DTFTD- Devotional Thought For The Day; EDS- Essence of the Devotional in a Sentence.

Spiritual Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: about 1 truth
Servings Per Verse: Unknown


Text: Ephesians 1:4


*ESV:
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him . . .

*ETS:
Before the first day of creation God chose a people to be holy and blameless in Christ.

*DTFTD:

The Apostle Paul praised God for his grace and peace in verse three. In verse four he highlights the worthiness of God in praise. Paul is giving God all the glory for salvation and dating the security of our souls in a way that removes the possibility of our taking the credit.
The Christian is blessed because he is in Christ. Nothing of eternal value is outside of a relationship with God through Christ.

*EDS:

If you know you are saved you should also know you were on God’s mind before the world began, and he planned your blameless state in Christ before you were conceived.
Praise God forever!


INGREDIENTS: A teaching on the activity of the Trinity before the world began; A lesson on how we are blameless and holy in Christ; Word Study: “Eklegomai” (transliterated) is the word in the text translated “chose.” The word means “to choose, select.” Just as Jesus chose his disciples, (Acts 1:2; Luke 6:13; John 15:16), you also have been chosen to be in Christ.

*ESV- English Standard Version; ETS- Essence of the Text in a Sentence; DTFTD- Devotional Thought For The Day; EDS- Essence of the Devotional in a Sentence.

Spiritual Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: about 1 truth
Servings Per Verse: Unknown


Text: Ephesians 1:3


*ESV:
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,

*ETS:
This verse reminds the believer that heaven’s gift of Christ was all heaven had to offer. Everything is in Jesus.

*DTFTD:

The Christian is the most blessed creature in creation. He or she, has the privilege of life, and in new birth, the privilege of being granted God’s kind of life. The verse for today is a reminder that God, who gave us his kind of life, will cause us to enjoy it more abundantly in Christ. When we received the gift of Christ, we received the Giver of all heavenly blessings.

*EDS:

When you received Christ, you truly received the Gift that keeps on giving. Praise God forever!


INGREDIENTS: An encouragement to praise God; A reminder of unlimited blessings available in Christ; A current and future focus – heaven. Word Study: “Eulogetos” is the transliteration of the word in the text “blessed.” Rogers & Rogers say, “verbal adjectives with this ending indicate one who is worthy, i.e., ‘worthy of blessing’” (The New Linguistic and Exegetical key to the Greek New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998). This verse begins the longest outflowing of praise in all of Paul’s letters.

*ESV- English Standard Version; ETS- Essence of the Text in a Sentence; DTFTD- Devotional Thought For The Day; EDS- Essence of the Devotional in a Sentence.

Spiritual Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: about 1 truth
Servings Per Verse: Unknown


Text: Ephesians 1:2


*ESV:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

*ETS:
The Apostle Paul expressed the desire to keep grace and peace in the minds of the saints in Ephesus, and to constantly remind them of the source of such – God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

*DTFTD:

One of the most peaceful thoughts that could possibly occupy our minds is the thought that God in grace pardoned our sin and purchased us to be his children through the works of Jesus Christ our Lord.
God’s grace has allowed us the privilege to call Him Father, and the peace of knowing Jesus as LORD.

*EDS:

Divine grace and peace is yours if God is your Father and Jesus is your Lord.


INGREDIENTS: An encouragement to think good thoughts; A reminder of relationships established by grace; A word that results in peace. Word Study: The Greek word “Grace” is transliterated “charis.” The word means “the undeserved unmerited favor of God” (Cleon Rogers Jr. and Cleon Rogers III. The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.) Through Christ we receive what we could never deserve, and because of Christ we do not receive what we do deserve.

*ESV- English Standard Version; ETS- Essence of the Text in a Sentence; DTFTD- Devotional Thought For The Day; EDS- Essence of the Devotional in a Sentence.