Aim: To understand who and what we are, in Christ.
Doctrine: The Church's purpose in that we are to be God's special treasure. This necessitates our belonging to the Lord, in a covenantal bond; and this results in our pleasing the Lord, simply because we are in Christ.
Exegesis: The glories of the Church's purpose: she constitutes God's redeemed family (v. 5a); she fulfills God's sovereign will (vv. 5b-6a); she exemplifies God's loving power (v. 6b).
Further application: How to fully participate in the Church's purpose: first, actually believe what God says about us, His atoned-for people; then, let us relax, and be ourselves (in Jesus).
Key verse: v. 5 ''Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will...''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.
