In Him we were also chosen,
having been predestined
according to the plan of Him
Who works out everything in
conformity with the purpose
of His will, in order that we, who
were the first to hope in Christ,
might be for the praise of His glory.
(Ephesians 1.11 & 12).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
In Him we were also chosen,
having been predestined
according to the plan of Him
Who works out everything
in conformity with the purpose
of His will, in order that we, who
were the first to hope in Christ,
might be for the praise of His glory.
(Ephesians 1.11 & 12).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Because God wanted to make the unchanging
nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of
what was promised, He confirmed it with an oath.
God did this by two unchangeable things in which
it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to
take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly
encouraged.
We have this hope as anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where
Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf.
He has become a high priest forever, in the order of
Melchizedek.
(Hebrews 6.17-20).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
So do not be ashamed to testify about our
Lord, or ashamed of me His prisoner.
But join me in suffering for the gospel, by the
power of God, who has saved us and called us
to a holy life – not because of anything we have
done but because of His own purpose and grace.
This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the
beginning of time, but it has now been revealed
through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus,
Who has destroyed death, and has brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel. (Best News
Ever).
(II. Timothy 1.8-10).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that
we had done, but because of His own pity and mercy by the
cleansing of the new birth and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Whom He bestowed so richly upon us through Jesus Christ
our Savior.
That we might be justified by His grace, (that we might be
acknowledged as conformed to the divine will in purpose,
thought and action), and that we might become heirs of
eternal life according to our hope.
This message is most trustworthy, and concerning these
things I want you to insist steadfastly, so that those who have
believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to honorable
occupations and to doing good, for such things are not only excellent
and right, but also good and profitable for the people.
St. Paul is telling us that his purpose is to attain
the fullness of all that being in Christ brings to us.
The complete fulfilment of everything He has for us.
To reach our full potential in Christ by fulfilling the purpose
for which Christ has laid hold of us and made us His own
we grasp this most amazing opportunity and press on.
His purpose for our lives shall then be actualized.
” Not that I have now attained this ideal, or have already
been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of, grasp and
make my own, that for which Christ Jesus has laid
hold of me and made me His own.
I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and
made it my own yet, but one thing I do: forgetting what
lies behind and straining what lies ahead,
I press on toward the goal to win the supreme prize to
which God in Christ is calling us upward.
(Philippians 3.12-14).
HALLELUJAH! THNK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
For my determined purpose is that I may know Him,
that I may progressively become more deeply and
intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving, recognizing
and understanding the wonders of His Person more
strongly and clearly, and that I may in that same way
come to know the power of His resurrection and that I
may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed
in spirit into His likeness even to His death, in the hope
That if possible I may attain to the resurrection that lifts me
out from among the dead.
Not that I have now attained this ideal, or have already been
made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of and make my own,
that for which Christ Jesus has laid hold of me and made me
His own.
(Philippians 3.10-12).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me
His prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the
power of God Who has saved us and called us to a holy life- not
because anything we have done but because of His own purpose
and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the
beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the
appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, Who has destroyed death
and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel
(The Best News Ever).
(II. Timothy 1.8-10).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Of this Gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s free grace
which was bestowed on me by the exercise of His power.
To me, though I am the very least of all the saints this grace was granted
and graciously entrusted: to proclaim to the nations the unending riches of
Christ.
Also to enlighten all men and make plain to them what is the plan of the
mystery kept hidden through the ages and concealed until now in God
Who created all things by Christ Jesus.
That through the church the complicated, many-sided wisdom of God
in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made
known to the angelic rulers and authorities in the heavenly sphere.
This is in accordance with the terms of the eternal and timeless purpose
which which He has realized and carried into effect in Christ Jesus or Lord,
In Whom, because of our faith in Him, we dare to have the boldness of free
access.
(Ephesians 3.7-12).
“All things work together for good to them that love God
and who are called according to His purpose.”
(Romans 8.28).
The ultimate good is our being in Christ eternally.The Good
in all waiting and wanting for the Redemption is being with
our Redeemer. The very love of God towards us assures us
that all will be well.
Everything Works together in harmony to the ultimate goal
of God’s purpose for us and His creation. God’s purpose is
to accomplish our Redemption.
“May blessing be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly realm!
Even as He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and blameless in His sight,
even above reproach, before Him in love.
For He foreordained us to be adopted as His own children
through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His
will to the praise and commendation of His glorious grace,
which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
In Him we have Redemption through His blood, the forgiveness
of our offenses, in accordance with the riches and the generosity
of His gracious favor,
Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding,
Making known to us the mystery of His will in accordance with His good
pleasure which He had previously purposed and set forth in Him,
He planned for the maturity of the times and climax of the ages to unify
all things and head them up and consummate them in Christ, both things
in heaven and on the earth.
In Him we also were made God’s heritage and we obtained an inheritance;
for we had been chosen and appointed beforehand in accordance with His
purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and
design of His will,
So that we who first hoped in Christ (who first put our confidence in Him
have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of His glory!
In Him you also have heard the Word of Truth, the glad tidings (Gospel)
of your salvation, and have believed in and adhered to and relied on Him,
were stamped with the seal of the long-promised Holy Spirit.
The Spirit is the guarantee of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full
redemption and our acquiring complete possession of it- to the praise
of His glory!”
(Ephesians 1.3-14).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
We discover and worship the Only True God and Jesus Christ
through His Holy Spirit Who is the guarantee of our inheritance
to the praise of His glory which He has purposed and promised
all along.
The revelation of His divine and eternal purpose is to unite everything
under Christ Jesus in the unique unity of the Holy Trinity. This is the
glory of the children of God full of joy beyond words and extreme glory.
In His love He has provided us the eternal opportunity to belong to Him
and be in Him so we can live with Him forever in divine love and glory.
HALLELUJAH! PRAISE THE LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!