Thank God For Redemption

Ephesians 1:7 (KJV)

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the

forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

(TOPIC : I AM REDEEMED)

THE WRITER OF THIS TEXT BEFORE US IS NONE

OTHER THAN THE APOSTLE PAUL

A JEW BY BIRTH

A TENT MAKER BY TRADE

AND A LAWYER BY PROFESSION

A HEBREW OF HEBREWS

WHO SPOKE 13 DIFFERENT

LANGUAGES AND MASTERED 7

A PHARISEE BY RELIGIOUS TRAINING

WHO WAS ARESTED BY JESUS ON THE DAMASCUS

ROAD

BUT AIN`T IT GOOD NEWS

I SAY AINT` IT GOOD NEWS

THAT WE SERVE A GOD WHO CAN TAKE WHAT THE

DEVIL MEANT FOR OUR BAD

AND TURN IT AROUND AND MAKE IT WORK FOR

OUR GOOD

PAUL WRITES THIS LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT

EPHESUS

WHILE UNDER HOUSE ARREST IN ROME

AND HE WAS`NT UNDER HOUSE ARREST

FOR RAPE – ROBBERY OR MURDER

BUT HE WAS UNDER HOUSE ARREST FOR TELLING

OTHERS ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF JESUS

SO HE WRITES THIS LETTER TO ENCOURAGE THE

CHURCH AT EPHESUS IN THERE WALK WITH GOD

FOR THEY WOULD HAVE A BETTER

UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE AND THE

PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH

AND ALL 6 CHAPTER OF THIS POWER PACK

LETTER IS A BLESSING FROM GOD

THAT IS DIVIDED INTO 2 SECTIONS

YOU SEE CHAPTERS 1-2-3 ARE DOCTRINAL

YOU SEE CHAPTERS 1-2-3 ARE DOCTRINAL

BUT CHAPTERS 4-5-6 ARE PRACTICAL

BUT THIS 1ST CHAPTER IS KNOWN AS A

THEOLOGICAL GOLDMINE

BECAUSE PAUL REVEALS TO THE CHURCH

HOW GOD IS ONE IN ESSENCE

AND TRIUNE IN PERSONALITY

IN OTHER WORDS

HE TELLS US ABOUT A FATHER WITH A PLAN IN

VERSES 4-6

A SON WHO REDEEMS IN VERSES 7-12

AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO FILLS

IN VERSES 13- 14

BY LETTING US KNOW

THAT GOD HAD US ON HIS MIND BEFORE THE

EARTH HAD AND AXIS AND THE MOON HAD A GLOW

IN OTHER WORDS

GOD HAD US ON THE RADAR OF HIS REDEMPTIVE

LOVE BEFORE THE BEGINNING EVEN BEGAN

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THEN HE SHOWS US THE WORK OF THE SON

BY SAYING we have redemption through his blood,

the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his

grace;

BY REMINDING US THAT

BY REMINDING US THAT

JESUS HUNG - BLEED- DIED

WAS PLACE IN A BORROWED TOMB

GOT UP THE 3RD DAY MORNING

AND NOW HAS RULE --REGENCY AND SHALL

RETURN

CAN I GIVE IT TO YOU IN RETRANSLATION MODE

JESUS PAID A DEBT HE DID NOT OWE

A DEBT WE COULD NOT PAY

THEN HE TELLS US ABOUT THE WORK OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT

BY LETTING US KNOW WE ARE SEAL UNTO THE

DAY OF REDEMPTION

IN OTHER WORDS

THIS VERSE BEFORE US GIVES US THE DIVINE

ASSURANCE

NO MATTER HOW JACK UP OUR PAST IS

NO MATTER HOW BAD THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT WE

USED TO DO

REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY SAY WE ARE DOING

BEHIND OUR BACK

OH` BUT THANK GOD FOR REDEMPTION

NOTICE WHAT PAUL SAYS

In whom we have—

HE LETS US KNOW THAT REDEMPTION IS PRESENT

HE LETS US KNOW THAT REDEMPTION IS PRESENT

POSSESSION

AND NOT A FUTURE PROSPECT FOR THOSE WHO

HAVE FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

BECAUSE REDEMPTION MEANS DELIVERANCE

FROM BONDAGE

BY MEANS OF A PRICE BEING PAID

IN OTHER WORDS THE BLOOD OF JESUS

DELIVERED US FROM THE PENALTIES AND

CONSEQUENCES OF SIN

RESCUED US FROM A DEVILS HELL

AND RESTORED US BACK TO AND ALL LOVING GOD

IN OTHER WORDS

BECAUSE THE BLOOD OF JESUS

BECAUSE THE BLOOD OF JESUS

GOD RECYCLED US WITH MERCY

CAN I BORROW A SKINNTY MINUTE AND TELL YOU

WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A RECYCLING PLANT

A RECYCLING PLANT IS WHERE YOU BRING THINGS

THAT ARE USED AND DISCARDED

AND THEY MAKE IT RE-USEABLE

OLD CANS

OLD BOTTLES

OLD STUFF ---TRASH

STUFF THAT HAS BEEN THROWN AWAY CAN BE

BROUGHT TO THE RECYCLE PLANT

AND SOME USE CAN STILL BE GOTTEN FROM THEM

EVEN THOUGH THEY WE`RE THROWN AWAY --

DISCARDED TRASH

BUT THE RECYCLING PLANT HAS A WAY OF TAKING

WHAT HAS BEEN THROWN OUT AND AWAY

AND MAKING IT REUSEABLE AGAIN

YOU SEE GOD IS THE MASTER RECYCLER

THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS WHAT RECYCLED US

THEREFORE CHURCH IS A RECYCLING CENTER

BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS HERE THIS

MORNING /EVENING WHO CAN TESTIFY THAT LIKE

ME

WE HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT

LOOKED DOWN ON

PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US THAT YOU WOULD NEVER

AMOUNT TO ANYTHING

SOME OF US SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN JAIL FOR THE

REST OF OUR LIVES

BUT WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE RECYCLING

CENTER

AND GOD HAS TAKEN WHAT WAS BROKEN IN US

AND FIX IT WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS

AND NOW RE-USING US FOR HIS GLORY

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WELL NOT ONLY DID GOD RECYCLED US WITH HIS

MERCY

BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS THAT HE HAS ALSO