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Lesson 5 · May 4, 1907

The Extent of His Purpose

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Questions.

His Purpose in Eternity.

  1. 1.When did God choose the characters of His people? .
  2. 2.What did He then do for us? , first part. Note 1.
  3. 3.According to what did He foreordain us? .
  4. 4.To whose praise were we foreordained? , first part.
  5. 5.In whom is the grace bestowed? , last part.

Notes

As Revealed in Christ Jesus.

  1. 6.When we sinned, in whom did our hope still center? How much does this redemption cover? According to what is the redemption given? . Note 2.
  2. 7.How has He made it to abound toward us? .
  3. 8.What has He made known to us? According to what has He made it known? .
  4. 9.What is the fulness of His purpose? .
  5. 10.What are we given in Him? According to what purpose? After what counsel? .
  6. 11.What is the ultimate object of all this for us? .
  7. 12.How is this trust begotten? , first part.

Notes

Wrought in Us by the Spirit.

  1. 13.What assurance is given us who yield to that purpose? , last part.
  2. 14.What does this bestowal of the Spirit constitute? . Note 3.
  3. 15.What will God give us in this? .
  4. 16.How much may we know of His purpose? .
  5. 17.How much may we know of His power? .

Notes

1. "Predestinated," "foreordained," "marked out." God marked us out in that character to which He called us. That is His plan for us. That is our worth to Him. That is what He will work out in us if we will yield all to Him.

2. "According to the riches of His grace," not our poor conception, not just enough to meet our needs, but grace superabounding over all sin.

3. "The earnest," the pledge, the assurance of God. When one party buys a piece of property of another, he often pays a part down "to bind the bargain." This is "earnest" money, a pledge that all will be paid in due time. Thus God pledges the fulfilment of all His promises, and places in us the life pledge, the earnest of all the glorious, eternal things promised, the Holy Spirit.

Bible texts in this lesson

Ephesians 1:4 · Ephesians 1:5 · Ephesians 1:6 · Ephesians 1:7 · Ephesians 1:8 · Ephesians 1:9 · Ephesians 1:10 · Ephesians 1:11 · Ephesians 1:12 · Ephesians 1:13 · Ephesians 1:14 · Ephesians 1:17 · Ephesians 1:18 · Ephesians 1:19-23

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