What follows from being a joint heir with Christ according to Ephesians 1?
Being a joint heir with Christ means it follows that believers are predestinated according to the purpose of Him who works all things after the counsel of His own will. This inheritance is a present position enjoyed in Christ by faith, not a mere hope-so religion or a religion of uncertainty.
Les teaches that the believer's inheritance is not a "hope so" or a religion but a position enjoyed in Christ, known by faith because the Bible says we are and we believe it. After enjoying this inheritance and finding that we are a joint heir with Christ, it follows that we are predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will. He then looks up the word "counsel," going back to Acts chapter 2, and defines counsel as a meeting of the minds.
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
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What does it mean that we are joint heirs with Christ?
If you are a joint heir, the property belonging to the other joint heir is also yours.
How was the Gentiles' inheritance determined according to Ephesians 1?
The Gentile believers' inheritance is predestinated according to God's purpose, and God works all things after the counsel of His own will.
Who is Paul writing to in Ephesians 1:11 when he says 'we have obtained an inheritance'?
In Ephesians 1:11 Paul is writing to Gentiles, so when he says 'we have obtained an inheritance' he means that Gentiles now have obtained an inheritance in Christ, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will.