GODS ETERNAL PURPOSE

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GODS ETERNAL PURPOSE

• ROMANS 828-30

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Romans 828-30
28And we know that all things work together for
good to those who love God, to those who are the
called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He
foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to
the image of His Son, that He might be the
firstborn among many brethren.
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Gods Purpose for Us
That We Should be like His Only Begotten Son
- AND Like Him!
God is the Measure of All Things
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All that God has done in the past has been to
bring us into that image!
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The Image of God in the O.T.

• Revealed in Creation
• Revealed at Sinai
• Revealed to Moses (Ex. 345-7)
• Revealed in the Psalms
• Revealed in the Prophets
• Revealed in godly characters

IMPERFECT
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John 117-18
7For the law was given through Moses, but grace
and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has
seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who
is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared
Him.
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I have come down from heaven, not to do My own
will, but the will of Him who sent Me. John
638
He who has seen Me has seen the Father
John 149
For in Him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead
bodily. - Colossians 29
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Gods Son,is the brightness of His glory and
the express image of His person - Heb. 13
Relation with God
Human Relations

• Public Worship
• Student of Scrip.
• Prayerful
• Preacher
• Teacher
• Soul Winner
• Obedient Son

• In the Home
• As a Citizen
• In Workplace
• As a Friend
• In Society
• As a Servant

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John 1720-23
20I do not pray for these alone, but also for
those who will believe in Me through their word
21that they all may be one, as You, Father, are
in Me, and I in You that they also may be one in
Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
22And the glory which You gave Me I have given
them, that they may be one just as We are one
23I in them, and You in Me that they may be made
perfect in one, and that the world may know that
You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have
loved Me.
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How We Become Like Jesus

• Information John 2030-31
• Admiration 2 Cor. 318
• Imitation John 1315
• Incarnation Galatians 220
• Transformation I John 31-3

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It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in
me
Human Relations
Relation with God

• In the Home
• As a Citizen
• In Workplace
• As a Friend
• In Society
• As a Servant

• Public Worship
• Student of Scrip.
• Prayerful
• Preacher
• Teacher
• Soul Winner
• Obedient Son

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If this is -- What we are Becoming
How Much Progress Have You Made in the Past Year?