Predestined For Adoption

BIG IDEA: From eternity, it pleased God to lovingly decree that his people would be adopted in Christ, to his praise and glory. OUTLINE: The Delighted DecreeThe Preeminent PrivilegeThe Essential EndRESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; New Testament Commentary: Ephesians by William Hendriksen; Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament: Ephesians by Benjamin Merkle; On the Trinity by Augustine; Reformed Systematic Theology (Vol. 1 and Vol. 3) by Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley; Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves; Rejoicing in Christ by Michael Reeves; Knowing God by J.I. Packer; A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson; Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; The 1689 In Modern English by Founders;