Chosen, Redeemed, Sealed

Tune: Ode To Joy

('Joyful, joyful, we adore thee')

Ephesians 1 v.3-14

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Blessed be the God and Father, He 

Of our Lord Jesus Christ, see

Who has blessed us with all blessings

Spiritual, to Him each sings

Blessed in heavenly places we

Are in Christ eternally

Chosen in Christ by God before

Foundation of the world sure

 

Chosen that we should be holy

And without blame, now made free

Before God the Father in love

sealed by the Spirit, the dove

We by God predestinated

Unto Him we adopted

As His children, by Christ His Son

This His desire for each one

 

It be so, to praise His glory

In His Son we are made free

Redeemed, our sins are forgiven

In Him, children, women, men

'Tis in accord with His grace sure

Which does abound evermore

In all wisdom and all prudence

Not foolish, not wasted hence

 

In Christ we an inheritance

Have obtained, by His good sense

And are by His Spirit here sealed

'Til the fulness be revealed

For the Spirit, He the promise

That we shall not blessings miss

The deposit, the down payment

By God through His Son is sent