Preaching from Ephesians 1, Dion van Breda reminds of some wonderful truths:

When we are saved, we are in Christ;

Our right response is to live holy and blameless before Him;

We are adopted into the family of God because He chose to save us.

Ephesians 1: 3 - 8a (NIV)Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love 5 He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the One he loves. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that He lavished on us.