Part 1 God’s Great Love Meaning 1: To . “God’s very own possession.” -1 Peter 2:9 NLT Meaning 2: To Purchase with the Goal to . “God bought you with a high price. So, you must honor God with your body.” -1 Corinthians 6:20 NLT “Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” -Romans 12:2 NLT Meaning 3: A Purchase That Pays Off A . “God made you alive with Christ, and he forgave all our sins. He canceled the debt, which listed all the rules we failed to follow. He took away that record with its rules and nailed it to the cross. God stripped the spiritual rulers and powers of their authority. With the cross, he won the victory and showed the world that they were powerless.” -Colossians 3:14 NCV “Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.” -Ephesians 1:4-5 NLT