Who Do You Think You Are? You Are Eternal Ephesians 1:7-14

``Is there anything better than being saved by grace and knowing you're saved by grace? Yes. Being saved by grace, knowing that you are saved by grace, and knowing that you will always be saved by grace. Is there anything better than that? No. That is the greatest thing to be. To be saved. To know that you're saved and to know that through God's grace you will always be saved. [00:43:31] (44 seconds)  #secureInGrace

Think about it like this, if a billionaire gives you $10, that is out of their riches. That's that's not a big deal. You appreciate the $10, but they didn't really put themselves out for that. It it really didn't cost them anything. But if a billionaire builds a hospital and funds its day to day operation, That's not out of their riches. That's according to their riches. That is big. That is huge. That is major. When Christ redeemed you by his blood, when he forgives you your trespasses by his grace, he does it according to his riches. He lavishes his grace upon you. [00:40:37] (56 seconds)  #lavishedByGrace

But there's something else. If you want to see just how much God loves sinners. His son his only begotten son who committed no sin, incurred no debt, did no wrong, goes to the cross and dies. Just so sinners like you and like me could be saved and counted as sons and daughters of God. [00:59:56] (63 seconds)  #loveAtTheCross

You have been purchased, and you are now possessed, indwelt by the holy spirit of God, purchased by the son of God, owned by almighty God. That is who you are in Christ. And the title of this sermon you may recall, it's been a minute, but may you may recall, who you are in Christ, you are eternal. [01:00:59] (39 seconds)  #ownedByGod

There is no wrestling back and forth. If you could lose this thing, rest assured, you and I would lose this thing at every possible opportunity. But the glorious news is that it is not built or based on you or me. We are saved by grace and we are kept by grace. We didn't earn this thing. This thing was earned for us. We don't keep this thing. This thing is kept for us. [00:53:30] (50 seconds)  #keptByGraceNotWorks

In order for you to be redeemed, in order for you to have eternal life, in order for you to be born again, in order for you to be indwelt by the holy spirit, in order for all of this stuff to happen, something else had to happen before. Jesus Christ shed his blood, gave his life in order to purchase you. You have been redeemed not through your goodness. [00:38:38] (32 seconds)  #redeemedByHisBlood

In the Lord, there is plentiful redemption. There is plenty of grace to save someone like you. There is plenty of grace to save someone like me. Through the Lord, through his grace, and through his goodness, there is plentiful redemption for all who come to him. We are redeemed in Christ but not only that, we also see something else about our identity. We also see not only are we redeemed, we also see that we are sealed. [00:42:03] (39 seconds)  #abundantRedemption

We are redeemed. We are sealed and one other thing I want you to see about who we are in Christ, we are possessed. Now, look, let's be honest. When you hear that word in a spiritual context, what what imagery does it bring up? Positive. It brings up negative. A demon possessed. You you you think of head spinning and the power of Christ compels you like that that's where you go like you you go to like this bad evil place when you start talking about possession in terms of a relationship with god. [00:54:20] (39 seconds)  #possessedByGrace