Eph 1:4 For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him. This is what is commonly known as election. Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. Notice first the positive fact of election in the words, He chose us. Then there is the positional aspect of the truth, in Him: it is in the Person and work of the Lord Jesus that all God’s purposes for His people are brought to pass. The time of God’s election is indicated by the expression, before the foundation of the world. And the purpose is that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. This purpose will not be completely realized until we are with Him in heaven, but the…