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Resurrection that Restores
Resurrection Life, Week 6
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But God
The two most beautiful words in the Bible: “But God.” Our salvation rests not in what we have done but in the work of God to intercede and redeem us.
In our sin, we were:
dead
disobedient
depraved
doomed.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us...(Eph 2:4) Because God intervened to save us, we have
a new status (alive in Christ) and
a new identity (God's workmanship).
His Glory, Our Good
In our second message in Ephesians, we see that God is sovereignly in control and he is working all things for his glory and for our good. God's sovereign control is seen in that
1) Jesus is above all powers and rulers in this world.
2) Jesus is above the church.
So we can rejoice that God is sovereignly in control because when he is (which is all the time), he receives the glory and he is working it for our good, even better than we could have ourselves!
God's Blueprint for his Church
The book of Ephesians serves as a beautiful blueprint for the new church he is making us into as New Creation Church. In this first message of the series, we see that:
1) Salvation is Triune - involving Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
2) God is the actor in salvation - it is he who initiates and accomplishes our salvation and we are the recipients of that saving work of God.
3) God deserves all the glory for our salvation.