Were you chosen by God before the world even began? In this devotion from **Words From The Word**, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Ephesians 1:4 (KJV) — *"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love"* — and carefully walks us through one of the most profound truths in all of Scripture: God's election and what it really means for your salvation.

You might be asking…

- Does being chosen mean I have no choice in coming to Christ?

- Was Israel's election the same as personal salvation?

- How does John 3:16 fit together with the doctrine of election?

- What does it mean that God "drew" me to Himself?

**Key points from this devotion:**

- 📖 Election is God choosing us to be His *before we existed*

- 📖 There are three types of election in Scripture: national (Israel), vocational (e.g., the Levites, the apostles), and salvational

- 📖 Being of Israel by birth does not guarantee personal salvation (Romans 9:6–7)

- 📖 God draws sinners to Christ apart from any merit in man (John 6:44)

- 📖 The promise still stands — *whosoever believeth* shall have everlasting life (John 3:16)

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You know God has blessed you — but do you know where those blessings actually are? This episode zeroes in on one of the most clarifying truths in Ephesians: your spiritual blessings are not stored down here on earth. They are in heavenly places — where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. And because you are in Christ, everything He has already belongs to you.

In this episode, Pastor Roderick Webster covers:

• The location of every spiritual blessing — "heavenly places" as seen across Ephesians 1, 2, and 3 (KJV)
• Why only the spiritual person can receive what the natural mind rejects (1 Corinthians 2:14 | KJV)
• The call to live as heavenly citizens while navigating real earthly struggles (2 Corinthians 4:8–9 | KJV)
• How walking in the Spirit produces the fruit of a life rooted in heavenly realities (Galatians 5:22–23 | KJV)
• Jesus as the blessing agent — and what our union with Him means for every resource He possesses
• The staggering inheritance of the believer: heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:16–17 | KJV)
• Why His riches, righteousness, power, and position are all yours — by grace, through Him

📖 Scriptures referenced: Ephesians 1:3, 1:20, 2:6, 3:10, Colossians 3:1, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 6:17, 2 Corinthians 4:8–9, Galatians 5:16, 5:22–23, Romans 8:16–17, 15:5–7, 1 Corinthians 15:10 (all KJV)

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This is Episode 4 of All Spiritual Blessings — a devotional journey through the book of Ephesians with Pastor Roderick Webster on Words From The Word | Good News Baptist Church.

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0:00 Welcome + Wonderful Grace of Jesus (hymn)

1:11 The location of your blessings — heavenly places

1:41 Heavenly places in Ephesians 1, 2, and 3 (KJV)

2:15 Where Christ is seated — that's where your blessings are

2:54 Why the carnal man cannot receive spiritual blessings

2:58 Called to live as heavenly citizens (Galatians 5)

3:25 The fruit of the Spirit — evidence of heavenly living

4:00 Troubled but not destroyed — hope in earthly struggles

4:43 Jesus — the blessing agent

5:11 Union with Christ — what it means to be in Him

5:43 Heirs of God, joint-heirs with Christ (Romans 8)

6:14 His riches, power, and position are yours

7:42 Closing encouragement

Have you been asking God for love, peace, joy, or strength — not realising Scripture says you already have them? This episode delivers one of the most liberating truths in all of God's Word: every spiritual blessing has already been granted to the believer in Christ, and God has held absolutely nothing back.

In this episode, Pastor Roderick Webster covers:

• Why God is the blessed one — perfect in goodness, with no variableness or shadow of turning (James 1:17 | KJV)
• Why every good and perfect gift flows downward from the Father — and why He is the supreme blesser of His people
• Who the "blessed ones" are — and why every Christian believer qualifies
• Why we keep praying for what we already possess: love (Romans 5:5), peace (John 14:27), joy (John 15:11), strength (Philippians 4:13), and divine power (2 Peter 1:3 | KJV)
• What it means that believers are already seated with Christ in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6 | KJV)
• The cricket replay illustration — a vivid picture of how God, outside of space and time, already sees every blessing as done in the believer's life

📖 Scriptures referenced: Ephesians 1:3, Ephesians 2:6, James 1:17, Romans 5:5, Romans 8:28, John 14:27, John 15:11, Philippians 1:19, Philippians 4:13, Colossians 2:10, 2 Peter 1:3, Matthew 19:17, Psalms 1:4 (all KJV)

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This is Episode 3 of All Spiritual Blessings — a devotional journey through the book of Ephesians with Pastor Roderick Webster on Words From The Word | Good News Baptist Church.

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