Believers were chosen to be holy and and blameless
US = believers
Ephesians 1:1 (ESV)
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
not non-existent men
In Christ
you can't be in Christ without believing
What does it mean to be “in Christ?
The person who believes in Jesus Christ is identified with Christ: that is, he is counted and considered to be “in Christ,” accounted and credited as “in Christ.” Spelled out in a little more detail, when a person believes in Christ, God places and positions the believer “in Christ”.
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So how do you get “in Christ”?
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Literally, the Greek reads, “whoever believes
into Him.” We believe into Jesus. When we repent—turn from our sin and turn to God—and believe in Jesus, we believe into Christ. We are in Christ. Paul adds: