May 3, 2015

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Countless Blessings

April 26, 2015

Chosen – For a Purpose

In Christ we are:• Chosen• Predestined• Adopted• Accepted in the Beloved

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to

abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good

pleasure which He purposed in Himself,

Ephesians 1:7-9 (NKJV)

May 3, 2015

Mystery Revealed

7 In Him…

22 …the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them,

and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may

know that You have sent Me, and have loved them

as You have loved Me.John 17:22

7 In Him we have redemption

REDEMPTION • to purchase at the

marketplace“…your are bought with a price”

REDEMPTION • to purchase at the

marketplace• to purchase out of the

marketplace“…redeemed from the curse of the law”

REDEMPTION • release effected by

payment of ransom• redemption, deliverance

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood…

“…without shedding of blood there is no remission”

Hebrews 9:22

He breaks the power of cancelled sin,

He sets the prisoner free:

His blood can make the foulest clean:

His blood availed for me.

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood,

the forgiveness of sins…

FORGIVENESS• release from bondage or

imprisonment• forgiveness or pardon, of sins

(letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty

• demands, and depends the payment of the penalty

21 Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head

of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all

their sins, putting them on the head of the goat,

and shall send it away into the wilderness

by the hand of a suitable man.

22 The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an

uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

Leviticus 16:21-22

12 As far as the east is from the west,

So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Psalm 103:12

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood,

the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

William Carey: 1761 - 1834

D.L. Moody: 1837 - 1899

Joni Erickson Tada

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins,

according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us

in all wisdom and prudence,

Dark is the stain that we cannot hide.

What can avail to wash it away?Look! There is flowing a crimson

tide,brighter than snow you may be

today.

Grace, grace, God’s grace,Grace that will pardon and cleanse

within;Grace, grace, God’s grace,

Grace that is greater than all our sin!

9 having made known to us the mystery of His will…

MYSTERY• Not “whodunit?”• “Truth once hidden, now

revealed”

9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure

which He purposed in Himself,

• God is sovereign• God is just and good in all

His ways• God’s ways are higher than

our ways

God exercises His own wisdom and understanding when He makes

known His will…The Gospel is first of all a revelation about God’s

purpose and work, and here His revealing activity is a cause for

praise. The term mystery emphasizes the

revelation theme further.R.E. Brown

7 In Him we have redemption through

His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of

His grace

In Remembrance of Me

I have a home prepared for me,

Since I have been redeemed,Where I shall dwell eternally,Since I have been redeemed.

Since I have been redeemed,Since I have been redeemed,

I will glory in His Name,Since I have been redeemed,I will glory in the Saviour’s

Name.