Do you ever wonder if God truly delights in you—not out of obligation, but because you are His? Many believers know they're saved, but live as if they're on probation rather than fully loved as sons and daughters of the Most High. Today's devotion pulls back the curtain on one of Scripture's most transformative truths: predestination, election, and your adoption into God's eternal family.

Pastor Roderick Webster opens Ephesians chapter one (KJV) to reveal how God marked you out beforehand—before you ever chose Him—and secured your place in His household through Jesus Christ, all according to the good pleasure of His will.

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In This Episode:

What predestination really means—and why it's good news, not bad

The purpose of election: to be holy and blameless before God for eternity

How adoption into God's family changes everything about how you live

The role of the Holy Spirit in crying out "Abba, Father" on your behalf

Why God's delight in you is the foundation of your identity and confidence

Practical steps to live as if you're chosen, beloved, and fully accepted

Passages explored: Ephesians 1:1, 1:5, 1:11 | Colossians 1:21–22 | Romans 8:15 | Galatians 4:4–7 | Philippians 2:15 | Ephesians 5:27 | 2 Peter 3:11–14 (all KJV)

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Key Scripture:

"Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father." — Romans 8:15 (KJV)

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Continue the series: Words From The Word — All Spiritual Blessings: A Devotional Journey Through Ephesians (KJV)

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Were you chosen by God before the world began? That is the heart of today's devotion with Pastor Roderick Webster on Words From The Word, the daily devotional series from Good News Baptist Church in Sint Maarten.

Drawing from passages including John 6, 1 Peter 1:20, John 15:16, Ephesians 2:4-5, Romans 8:15, and Colossians 2:10 (KJV), Pastor Webster walks us through the powerful biblical truth of election — what it means, when it happened, why God did it, and what it means for you today.

You might be asking:

- Does God really choose people, and what does that mean for me?

- Was this decision made before I was even born?

- Why would God elect anyone — what motivated Him?

- What do I actually receive as a result of being chosen by God?

Key points from this devotion:

- Election is biblical — angels, Christ, the apostles, and the church are all described as elect

- God chose us before the foundation of the world, not because of anything we did

- The motive behind election is God's great love for us

- The result of election is adoption — we are His children

- The goal of it all is God's glory

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Did God choose you, or did you choose God? That is one of the most searched and debated questions in all of Scripture, and in this devotion Pastor Roderick Webster opens the Bible to help us see what God actually says.

Drawing from passages including Joshua 24:15, Isaiah 1:18, Matthew 11:28-30, John 5:40, John 6:37, Romans 9:11, and Revelation 22:17 (KJV), Pastor Webster walks through both sides of a truth the Bible holds together without apology — the sincere invitation to every person to come, and the sovereign election of God that calls His own to Himself.

You might be asking:

- If God already chose who would be saved, does my choice even matter?

- Does the Bible really teach predestination?

- Why does Jesus keep saying "come" if salvation is already decided?

- What does "whosoever will" actually mean?

Key points from this devotion:

- God issues a compelling invitation to every person to respond to Him

- Joshua, Isaiah, John the Baptist, and Jesus all called people to choose and to come

- Scripture also clearly teaches that God foreknew and predestined those who believe

- Both truths — human responsibility and divine election — are taught side by side in the Word

- Your response to the gospel matters, and God promises He will not cast away anyone who comes

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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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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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Do you ever wonder whether you truly have value — or feel empty and purposeless even though you're saved? This episode goes straight to the source. Pastor Roderick Webster opens Ephesians 1:1–3 (KJV) and begins unpacking one of the most powerful declarations in all of Scripture: that every believer has already been blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.

In this episode, Pastor Webster covers:

• Why Paul wrote this letter from a prison cell in Rome — and who it was written for
• The structure of Ephesians: three chapters of doctrine (the wealth of Christ) followed by three chapters of practical Christian living (the walk of the believer)
• What it truly means to be addressed as a saint — and why every believer qualifies
• How the righteousness of Christ is placed to the believer's account by faith (Romans 3:21–22, Philippians 3:9 | KJV)
• The difference between grace and peace — and why grace is the source that produces peace
• Why no person can find real identity, self-worth, or purpose apart from Christ

📖 Scriptures referenced: Ephesians 1:1–3, Romans 3:21–22, Philippians 3:9, Philippians 4:7, Psalms 1:4 (all KJV)

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0:00 Welcome + series recap

0:18 Fannie Crosby — victory through grace

1:08 Paul, Ephesus, and why he wrote this letter

2:49 Structure of Ephesians — doctrine + walk

3:27 Believers addressed as saints — what it means

4:28 The righteousness of Christ placed to your account

5:26 Grace and peace — how one produces the other

6:40 All spiritual blessings — the source is God

7:28 Identity, worth, and purpose in a confused world

8:27 Preview — six divine blessings coming next

Can God Use Someone With My Past? — Introducing the Book of Ephesians

Have you ever felt like what you've done — or who you've been — puts you beyond the reach of God's purpose? This opening episode of our Ephesians series begins not with a doctrine, but with a life: Saul of Tarsus, the most dangerous enemy the early church ever faced, and the God who stopped him cold on the road to Damascus.

In this episode, Pastor Roderick Webster covers:

• The education, zeal, and anti-Christian mission of Saul of Tarsus
• The Damascus road encounter that brought him face-to-face with the risen Christ (Acts 9 | KJV)
• Paul's desert season in Arabia and his ministry launch in Antioch
• How Paul planted and pastored the church at Ephesus — and his tearful farewell to its elders (Acts 20 | KJV)
• A first look at Ephesians 1:1–5 (KJV) and the spiritual blessings every believer possesses in Christ

📖 Scriptures referenced: Ephesians 1:1–5, Acts 9:1–8, Acts 22:3–5, Acts 13:1–9, Acts 20:17–38 (all KJV)

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