Discovering our Purpose What does God receive through the church

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Discovering our PurposeWhat does God receive
through the church?
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God did not purpose and redeem the church to
supply some need of His that goes unmet without
us!

• God is sufficient in Himself. The relationship of
  the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is perfect and
  does not need additional beings to make it so.
• Yet God did bring into being a group of people
  who belong to him, the church of Christ. Why?

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God purposed and redeemed the church because of
who He is.

• He is a God of love and kindness (15)
• He is a God of grace and mercy (17 25)

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God purposed and redeemed the church because He
wanted others to know and appreciate who He is.

• He wanted to make known His manifold wisdom to
  rulers and authorities in the heavenly places
  (310).
• He wants us to lead others to glorify Him through
  good works (Mt. 516 Eph. 321).

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God purposed and redeemed the church because He
wanted to bring praise to Himself.

• In worship, men do not supply something that God
  needs, but rather God supplies something that man
  needs!
• Praise is the natural response of our
  appreciation and enjoyment of God.

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Fulfilling Gods purpose enables us to glorify
God. We are able to see from our own lives the
blessing of His work in us and we are moved by it
to praise Him for a wisdom far greater than our
own, and to love Him for a love that we didnt
deserve.