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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: 4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: 5having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6to the praise of the glory of his grace, (Ephesians 1:3-6)
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So then, if we were blessed with Believing Abraham with these 7 blessings, and this is what Paul is referring to in Ephesians, he then says it is "even as we were chosen and foreordained unto adoption as sons".
He is using this to illustrate these blessings. For example, suppose you were drafted by the NFL. That is equivalent to being chosen. But you don't have a contract yet, so you aren't officially part of the NFL yet. But, once you sign a contract with the team you are now officially and legally part of the NFL. That contract is equivalent to the "adoption as sons".
In this illustration when you are chosen you get to "see" the land. The team chose you because they want to "make a great team". Your contract is a blessing. The blessing is to give you a great name. If you are really great you will make those around you better, you will be a blessing to the team. You may even take on a leadership role, or even become a coach. In that case those that listen to you, obey you, honor you will be blessed. Finally, you can be a blessing to everyone, regardless of whether or not they are in the NFL or even care about football.
So then, how do you get that contract? You have to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called.