April 22, 2026 4:00 am
God's love for His Son is the root source of every other love in the universe, and it is the one love that is eternal. This love is the foundation of salvation, and those who are saved by grace through faith are predestined to be with Him in glory.
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Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Accepted in the Beloved. To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the Beloved. Ephesians 1.6. This wonderful verse assures that all who have been saved by God's grace have been accepted by the Lord.
However, this is not just a marginal acceptability. The Greek word occurs only one other time in the New Testament, and there it appears in the words of the angel Gabriel to Mary. Hail thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. That is, we are not merely accepted, but we are highly favored by God.
This is not because of our own personal merits, of course it is because God sees us as in His Son. He loves us because He loves Him and we are in Him. Although Christ is called God's Beloved Son seven times in the New Testament, there is only one other time when he is spoken of simply as the Beloved. This is in Matthew 12, 18. Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased, I will put my spirit upon him.
The love of God the Father for His beloved Son is the root source of every other love in the universe, for it is the one love that is eternal. Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given me, be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which Thou hast given me, for Thou lovest me before the foundations of the world. This is what it means to be highly favored in the beloved. This was the prayer of Christ on his way to Gethsemane the night before he went to the cross. We who are in him as redeemed sinners saved by grace through faith are predestined to be with him in glory, to behold his glory, and forever to be to the praise of the glory of his grace.
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