Ephesians 1:1-6 Grace is not cheap. The common acronym for grace is, “God riches at Christ expense.” and that is certainly true. We find in this passage that God's exercise of grace was not compulsory but rather, “according to the kind intention of his will.” what was this great work that God freely chose to accomplish? First, he chose us. It was not based on anything we did or that He knew we world do, it was solely based on his gracious will and divine desire. His grace is magnified in that he chose us even before creating us, or anything else for that matter, “before the foundation of the world.” While such truth has sparked much philosophical and theological debate regarding the individual’s part in this, and even grammatical debate about the meaning of, “Before,” the bottom line is what Scripture plainly states (cf. 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14). The result ultimately being that we would be made acceptable to stand before him in glory, a task only holy God could do for us. God not only called us and prepared us to dwell with him for eternity, but he also made us his children. Not simply servants, but children of our benevolent heavenly Father. All of this for our Father God’s praise and glory. We are simply His humble beneficiaries of his glorious grace.