Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

To question or deny this reality when one has been born again is to walk in doubt and unbelief. It would be a lie that questions God’s grace and goodness and seeks to rob Him of His glory manifested in and through Christ Jesus.

Every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places is ours in Christ Jesus!  This is just as true and real as the fact that we were chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world.  But notice that all this is realized in Christ, not out of or away from Christ.  Everyone who comes to Jesus is put in Christ Jesus, and Jesus is in them. Why did God choose to do this?  So that we would be holy and without blame before Him in love!  The way we are holy and without blame before Him in love is by being born again and placed in Christ!  All of this is ours in Christ!

God chose to set it up so that we would be adopted as sons to the Father by Jesus Christ.  This was God’s will and good pleasure that it be done this way!  Why?  Because it is to the glory of His grace!  It magnifies the glory of His grace!  It rubs grace like salt in the wound of His enemy to see us treated in such glorious and generous love and kindness by God.

If God says you are accepted in the Beloved (Jesus), then that’s the truth, and everything you might feel in your flesh and your emotions opposed to that truth is a lie.  If I truly believe this declaration about what it means to be in Christ, then it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about my standing.  I know, and I believe, and therefore, I speak according to this truth that is proclaimed concerning me.

When we settle this matter of acceptance based on real faith in the truth concerning it, we need never again to feel rejected, displaced, or without hope.  There will never be a problem that doesn’t have a solution.  Instead of scarcity, we will understand the abundance of life in Christ and realize that living it to its fullest expression is ours for the taking.

God chose us in Christ!  He predestined us in Christ!  That means once I am in Christ, it is because God willed it, desired it, and made it so!

1John 3:20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.

2 Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless,  He remains faithful;  He cannot deny Himself.

I am assured of the power of knowing I am accepted in Christ Jesus, my Lord and Savior!  It is my confession that this is true no matter what I am feeling or what anyone says about me.

God chose us in Christ!  He predestined us in Christ!  That means once I am in Christ, it is because God willed it, desired it, and made it so!

No person on this planet has the power to speak against what He has done in the Son and nullify what I now possess in Him.  If I struggle with it, it can only be because I am in doubt and unbelief about it due to strong feelings or putting too much stock in a man’s opinion concerning me.  It means I am ascribing more power to my thoughts and feelings that are in opposition to the truth or to someone else’s opinion that goes against the truth.

Romans 3:4 Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true, but every man a liar. As it is written:  “That You may be justified in Your words, and may overcome when You are judged.”

If you want to know what you truly believe about this, listen to yourself speak. If your speaking does not align with this truth, ask the Holy Spirit for help solidifying it in your heart.  In Christ, you are accepted!