by Pastor Chuck Ryan
“Those He Foreknew He Predestined”
Text: Ephesians 1:3-14
Thesis: Our relationship with God is a dynamic, encompassing both God reaching down to mankind through Jesus Christ (See John 3:16), and the need for each individual to accept Jesus as their personal savior. (Revelations 3:20)
-“If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" (Luke 11:13)
-“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever-- the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.” (John 14:16-17)
-"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." (Jeremiah 1:5)
-“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.”
-“in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ” (s vs12a)
-“And you also were included in Christ Jesus when the word of truth, the gospel of salvation. Having believed… (vs13b)
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
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