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YOU WERE FORMED FOR GOD’S FAMILY, Ephesians 1:5

“God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure." Ephesians 1:5 The whole reason the universe exists is because God wanted a family. He wanted children. He didn’t need us, but he wanted us so he could show his love. You are so valuable to God that he placed the Earth in just the right spot to sustain your life. He thought you up before he thought up the universe. You were the focus of his love. The Bible says this in Ephesians 1:5: “God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure”. God wanted a family and wanted you to be a part of it. God never meant for you to go through life alone. The first thing God told Adam was, “It is not good for man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18). Whether you marry or not is irrelevant to this issue. You’re made to be in a spiritual family that God created to take care of you—so you’re not alone. Being a part of God’s family is not automatic. It’s a choice. You need to choose to be in God’s family. Everyone is created by God. Everyone is loved by God. But he gives you the choice of whether you’ll be in his family. What is God’s family? The Bible says, “That family is the church of the living God, the support and foundation of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15). God’s family is the church. We are children of God, which makes us brothers and sisters in the family of God. God created you to belong to his family. God doesn’t want you just to believe; he wants you to belong. A Christian without a church family is an orphan. Will you choose to be part of God’s family? The Bible says you can only join God in heaven by trusting in his Son, Jesus Christ. You cannot earn your way into heaven: “It is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).

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